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Willis, III)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/img_4260.webp) ### [“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-part-2-james-e-willis-iii/) May 9, 2020 — By James E. Willis III The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. A philosophy of finite human time is one way to read Martin Hägglund’s recent [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-part-2-james-e-willis-iii/) ![Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/kirsh_1-071014.webp) ### [Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) April 30, 2019 — By editors What does Walter Benjamin’s work suggest about religion and the methods of studying it? This special issue of The Journal for Cultural and Religious Studies [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) ![Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/unnamed-14.webp) ### [Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](/religioustheory/posts/announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thought/) March 16, 2018 — By editors The directors of The Whitestone Foundation, the Colorado-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that has published The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thought/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/img_1588.webp) ### [The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-1-carl-raschke/) July 4, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke This article appears in three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk Conference [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/public-domain-images-free-stock-photos-wedding-dress-outdoors-green-grass-wisteria-vines.webp) ### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) September 13, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt The following is the second installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) ![What Is A Dispositif? – Part 1 (Gregg Lambert)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/682px-thumbnail.webp) ### [What Is A Dispositif? – Part 1 (Gregg Lambert)](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-1/) July 11, 2016 — By Gregg Lambert The following article by internationally known theory scholar Gregg Lambert is the first of a two-part series. 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