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Bakker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/01/clouds_and_water_met_dp236116.webp) ### [Locating The Oceanic In Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 3 (Justine M. Bakker)](/religioustheory/posts/locating-the-oceanic-in-sylvia-wynters-demonic-ground-part-3-justine-m-bakker/) January 27, 2022 — By Justine M. Bakker Part 3 concludes the series by synthesizing Wynter's oceanic analytics and drawing implications for contemporary religious theory, critique, and decolonial [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/locating-the-oceanic-in-sylvia-wynters-demonic-ground-part-3-justine-m-bakker/) ![Let’s Get Real About Race – Two Very Timely Upcoming Online Seminars (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/08/race.webp) ### [Let’s Get Real About Race – Two Very Timely Upcoming Online Seminars (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/lets-get-real-about-race-two-very-timely-upcoming-online-seminars-announcement/) August 23, 2021 — By editors It’s time to get real when we talk these days about race and racism. Ever since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the late spring of 2020 at the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lets-get-real-about-race-two-very-timely-upcoming-online-seminars-announcement/) ![Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/dd-l.webp) ### [Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcement/) July 26, 2021 — By editors When: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10 am-12 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) Register for online seminar: It highlights key arguments and implications for [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/legend.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcement/) November 18, 2020 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the fifth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/the_conquest_of_tenochtitlan.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/3288/) July 30, 2020 — By editors “Critical Conversations” is an ongoing initiative of Whitestone Publications. The main sponsor of the current series is The New Polis It highlights key [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/3288/) ![Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/img_0554.webp) ### [Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](/religioustheory/posts/the-dialectic-of-divine-presence-and-absence-call-for-contributors-to-special-issue/) February 14, 2018 — By editors Since the philosopher Nietzsche announced the “death of God” over a century ago, the specter of divine absence has hovered over Western civilization It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-dialectic-of-divine-presence-and-absence-call-for-contributors-to-special-issue/) ![“Notations” – Call for Contributors](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/951986_stock-photo-music-notes-on-old-paper-sheet-to-use-for-the-background-2.webp) ### [“Notations” – Call for Contributors](/religioustheory/posts/notations-the-european-refugee-crisis-and-more/) January 1, 2018 — By editors In addition to reviews and commentaries, the new JCRT feature “religious theory” ([jcrt.org](https://jcrt.org)/religioustheory), updated regularly, will publish... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/notations-the-european-refugee-crisis-and-more/) ![Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/adam-1.webp) ### [Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](/religioustheory/posts/religious-theory-a-new-review-commentary-and-conversations-feature-of-jcrt/) February 24, 2016 — By editors Religious Theory is the new commentary, review, and conversation blog for The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key arguments and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-theory-a-new-review-commentary-and-conversations-feature-of-jcrt/) [The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT)](https://jcrt.org) is an online, peer-reviewed, academic publication published by [The Whitestone Foundation](http://thewhitestonefoundation.org/), a 501c3 corporation located in Boulder, Colorado. ISSN 1530-5228. 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