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                ![The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 2 (Mick Pope)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/thomas_cole_-_the_garden_of_eden_1828.webp)

### [The Image of God and Our Vocation of the Soil, Part 2 (Mick Pope)](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-part-2-mick-pope/)

May 24, 2024 — By Mick Pope

The article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. It is generally recognised that the Garden story is more environmentally friendly

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                ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/albert-niemeyer-2016_andy_warhol.webp)

### [What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-2-carl-raschke/)

October 11, 2023 — By Carl A. Raschke

This article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. Taylor’s typification of postmodernism as Flatland, however, as the quintessential

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                ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/viewing_robert_smithsons_spiral_jetty_on_june_18th_2018-1200x642.webp)

### [What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/)

September 28, 2023 — By Carl A. Raschke

Almost a half century ago a change took place in the humanities, and by extension in the fledgling field of religious studies It highlights key arguments

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                ![The Imagination In Spinoza – The Moral Good Between Prophecy And The Amor Dei Intellectualis, Part 2 (Caterina De Gaetano)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-11-at-11-35-37-am.webp)

### [The Imagination In Spinoza – The Moral Good Between Prophecy And The Amor Dei Intellectualis, Part 2 (Caterina De Gaetano)](/religioustheory/posts/the-imagination-in-spinoza-the-moral-good-between-prophecy-and-the-amor-dei-intellectualis-part-2-caterina-de-gaetano/)

August 5, 2023 — By Caterina Gaetano

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The entire article appears in Issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and

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                ![The Imagination In Spinoza – The Moral Good Between Prophecy And The Amor Dei Intellectualis, Part 1 (Caterina De Gaetano)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/08/baruch_spinoza_plaque_budapest07_cropped.webp)

### [The Imagination In Spinoza – The Moral Good Between Prophecy And The Amor Dei Intellectualis, Part 1 (Caterina De Gaetano)](/religioustheory/posts/the-imagination-in-spinoza-the-moral-good-between-prophecy-and-the-amor-dei-intellectualis-part-1-caterina-de-gaetano/)

July 27, 2023 — By Caterina Gaetano

The following is the first of a two-part series. The entire article appears in Issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights

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                ![Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 3 (Rebekah Howes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/socrates_statue_at_the_louvre_8_april_2013.webp)

### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 3 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-3-rebekah-howes/)

February 11, 2023 — By Rebekah Howes

The following is the last of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. The earlier article by Prof The earlier article by Prof.

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                ![Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 2 (Rebekah Howes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/hegel-dancing.webp)

### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 2 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-2-rebekah-howes/)

January 30, 2023 — By Rebekah Howes

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The earlier article by Prof. Hyman to which the author replies can be found

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                ![Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 1 (Rebekah Howes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/hegel_042.webp)

### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 1 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-1-rebekah-howes/)

January 12, 2023 — By Rebekah Howes

The following is the first of a three-part series. The earlier article by Prof. Hyman to which the author replies can be found here It highlights key arguments

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                ![Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 3 (Erik Meganck)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/12/rodin_the_thinker_p1070090.webp)

### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 3 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-3-erik-meganck/)

December 29, 2022 — By Erik Meganck

The following is the third of a three part-series. The first can be found here, the second here. Where planning fails, despair grows Planning is also faithless.

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                ![Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 2 (Erik Meganck)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/12/retro-futurism.webp)

### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 2 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-2-erik-meganck/)

December 15, 2022 — By Erik Meganck

The following is the second of a three part-series. The first can be found here. Love is not the opposite of planning; openness is not the opposite of

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                ![Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 1 (Erik Meganck)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/12/1600px-platos_symposium_met_dp888791.webp)

### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 1 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-1-erik-meganck/)

November 29, 2022 — By Erik Meganck

Philo-sophy literally means “love of wisdom.” But this can be read in more than one way. There is the well-known objective genitive, proposing that philosophers

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                ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/august_labicana_massimo_inv56230_n2.webp)

### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/)

September 7, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke

> “Neptunus alii per alia, poterunt intellegi qui qualesque sint, quoque eos nomine consuetudo nuncupaverit, hoc eos et venerari et colere debemus.” – Cicero

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                ![Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/willmette_how.webp)

### [Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation-a-muslim-perspective-on-charles-h-long-part-2-mehnaz-afridi/)

August 19, 2022 — By Mehnaz Afridi

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for

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                ![Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 1 (Mehnaz Afridi)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/quran_inscriptions_on_wall_lodhi_gardens_delhi.webp)

### [Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 1 (Mehnaz Afridi)](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation/)

August 9, 2022 — By Mehnaz Afridi

The following is the first of a two-part series. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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                ![The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/charles-h-long.webp)

### [The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](/religioustheory/posts/the-legacy-of-charles-h-long-resisting-and-short-circuiting-the-discourses-of-exclusion-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-administration-victor-e-taylor/)

June 23, 2022 — By Victor Taylor

The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious

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                ![From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/05/gudina_tumsas_grav.webp)

### [From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/from-holistic-to-in-between-theology-the-ethiopian-evangelical-church-mekane-yesus/)

April 15, 2022 — By Rode Molla

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus: Simultaneously Western and Indigenous Even though the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has a Lutheran

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                ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/allee_jacques_derrida_-_paris_vi_fr75_-_2021-07-29_-_1-1200x642.webp)

### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-3-jake-sirota/)

February 23, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota

The following is the third of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Derrida’s suspicion of and discomfort with the seemingly

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                ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 2 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/holsweg.webp)

### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 2 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-2-jake-sirota/)

February 15, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. At this point Derrida’s appraisal of Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics

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                ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 1 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/abraham-abulafia_artwork.webp)

### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 1 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-1-jake-sirota/)

February 7, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota

Jacques Derrida’s prolonged and intimate proximity to the thought of Martin Heidegger has played a significant role in the understanding and debate of Derrida’s

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                ![The Futurity Of God, Part 2 (Lenart Škof)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/12/800px-apophysis_cyclone.webp)

### [The Futurity Of God, Part 2 (Lenart Škof)](/religioustheory/posts/the-futurity-of-god-part-2-lenart-skof/)

December 16, 2021 — By Lenart Škof

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. In a chapter titled “The Magic of Being Mormon”, Stephen H It highlights

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                ![The Futurity Of God, Part 1 (Lenart Škof)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/12/visnow_example_visualization_-_molecular_electrostatics.webp)

### [The Futurity Of God, Part 1 (Lenart Škof)](/religioustheory/posts/the-futurity-of-god-part-1-lenart-skof/)

December 2, 2021 — By Lenart Škof

God, if we hold to this word, is the future itself, or rather the eternal reservoir beyond time and creating time, who constantly projects himself or pours

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                ![The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 2 (Michael C. Raubach)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/11/abrahams_sacrifice_the_sacrifice_of_isaac_met_dp888579-1119x642.webp)

### [The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 2 (Michael C. Raubach)](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-part-2-michael-c-raubach/)

November 18, 2021 — By Michael C. Raubach

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here Is it not true, though, that many individuals of different races, creeds, and

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                ![The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 1 (Michael C. Raubach)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/11/800px-wandbild_portrait_george_floyd_von_eme_street_art_im_mauerpark_berlin.webp)

### [The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 1 (Michael C. Raubach)](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-michael-c-raubach/)

November 4, 2021 — By Michael C. Raubach

In her 1992 masterpiece, The Broken Middle, the philosopher Gillian Rose explored what she saw as a baleful crisis of ethics in modern political discourse

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                ![Truth And Irony –  Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-14-at-11-56-23-am.webp)

### [Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-1-florian-klug/)

June 28, 2021 — By Florian Klug

The following is the first of a three-part series. It will appear as a full article in the Fall 2021 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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                ![“Scale Relative Ontology” And Simone Weil’s Spiritual Philosophy, Part 1 (N.E. Boulting)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/05/2014-08-25-simoneweilcroquis-byth-rioult.webp)

### [“Scale Relative Ontology” And Simone Weil’s Spiritual Philosophy, Part 1 (N.E. Boulting)](/religioustheory/posts/scale-relative-ontology-and-simone-weils-spiritual-philosophy-part-1-n-e-boulting/)

May 11, 2021 — By N. E. Boulting

Can the debilitating effects of Scientism – identifying knowledge solely “with science” – be overcome? To answer that question, Simone Weil’s treatment of her

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                ![Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 3 (Kelly Maeshiro)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/img_7446-1.webp)

### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 3 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-3-kelly-maeshiro/)

February 22, 2021 — By Kelly Maeshiro

The following is the third of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Philosophically speaking, Hegel’s Absolute idealism represented

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                ![Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 2 (Kelly Maeshiro)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/02/1600px-bible_illustrations_01_genesis_01_02_sweet_publishing.webp)

### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 2 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-2-kelly-maeshiro/)

February 8, 2021 — By Kelly Maeshiro

The following is the second of a four-part series. The first can be found here. Kantian idealism for Hegel represents the “shape” of Spirit corresponding to

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                ![The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 3 (Alberto Urquidez)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/milagros.webp)

### [The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 3 (Alberto Urquidez)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-significance-of-miracles-why-humes-critique-is-superfluous-part-3-alberto-urquidez/)

July 29, 2020 — By Alberto Urquidez

Surprisingly few commentators have advanced this basic criticism against Hume’s argument. One glaring exception is the Wittgensteinian philosopher of religion

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                ![The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 2 (Alberto Urquidez)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/allan_ramsay_-_david_hume_1711_-_1776-_historian_and_philosopher_-_google_art_project.webp)

### [The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 2 (Alberto Urquidez)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-significance-of-miracles-why-humes-critique-is-superfluous-part-2-alberto-urquidez/)

July 22, 2020 — By Alberto Urquidez

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The question I shall now consider is this: If not all miracles are religious

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                ![The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 1 (Alberto Urquidez)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/rubens-les_miracles_de_saint_benoit.webp)

### [The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 1 (Alberto Urquidez)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-significance-of-miracles-why-humes-critique-is-superfluous/)

July 14, 2020 — By Alberto Urquidez

The argument from miracles seeks to prove that a religious deity (such as God) exists on the premise that only God could have caused a miracle to occur

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                ![Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 2 (Jared Lacy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/06/img_6566.webp)

### [Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 2 (Jared Lacy)](/religioustheory/posts/longing-for-an-impossible-past-derridas-of-grammatology-and-the-coronavirus-as-the-inauguration-of-an-age-of-writing-part-2-jared-lacy/)

June 24, 2020 — By Jared Lacy

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Furthermore there is an element of nostalgia implicit in this desire It

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                ![Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 1 (Jared Lacy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/06/hieroglyphics_in_an_egyptian_temple.webp)

### [Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 1 (Jared Lacy)](/religioustheory/posts/longing-for-an-impossible-past-derridas-of-grammatology-and-the-coronavirus-as-the-inauguration-of-an-age-of-writing-part-1-jared-lacy/)

June 17, 2020 — By Jared Lacy

As we witness the aftermath of the initial responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — the failures and successes of the various shelter-in-place orders and a

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                ![Revolutionary Love – Kierkegaard’s Gift Economy As A Religious Corrective To The Leveling Of The Public Sphere, Part 2 (Andrew Ball)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/img_6506.webp)

### [Revolutionary Love – Kierkegaard’s Gift Economy As A Religious Corrective To The Leveling Of The Public Sphere, Part 2 (Andrew Ball)](/religioustheory/posts/revolutionary-love-kierkegaards-gift-economy-as-a-religious-corrective-to-the-leveling-of-the-public-sphere-part-2-andrew-ball/)

May 23, 2020 — By Andrew J. Ball

The following is the second insatallment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. In his late authorship Kierkegaard articulates the social ontology

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                ![Revolutionary Love – Kierkegaard’s Gift Economy As A Religious Corrective To The Leveling Of The Public Sphere, Part 1 (Andrew Ball)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/876px-s-ren_kierkegaard_1813-1855_-_9645353110.webp)

### [Revolutionary Love – Kierkegaard’s Gift Economy As A Religious Corrective To The Leveling Of The Public Sphere, Part 1 (Andrew Ball)](/religioustheory/posts/revolutionary-love-kierkegaards-gift-economy-as-a-religious-corrective-to-the-leveling-of-the-public-sphere-andrew-ball/)

May 16, 2020 — By Andrew J. Ball

Though Kierkegaard is typically considered to be the consummate philosopher of the single individual, his critique of secular modernity and institutional

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                ![The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 2 (J. Edward Hackett)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/04/download.webp)

### [The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 2 (J. Edward Hackett)](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-part-2-j-edward-hackett/)

April 23, 2020 — By J. Edward Hackett

The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Before talking about Scheler’s conception of the person It highlights

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                ![The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 1 (J. Edward Hackett)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/04/scheler_max.webp)

### [The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 1 (J. Edward Hackett)](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-j-edward-hackett/)

April 16, 2020 — By J. Edward Hackett

Before explicating the underlying structure of Scheler’s panentheism, I wanted to take some time and explain what Scheler’s phenomenological method entails and

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                ![Lacan And Pneumatology (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/03/catholicism_benedictine_monastery_god_christ_jesus_virgin_mary_christianity-569944.webp)

### [Lacan And Pneumatology (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-and-pneumatology-mark-murphy/)

March 22, 2020 — By Mark Murphy

There has been much work on Lacan in describing his relationship to a Christological theology. We see this in work such as Žižek’s The Fragile Absolute and also

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                ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/buchcover-1572453224d0o.webp)

### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/)

January 5, 2020 — By Gavin Hurley

The following is the second of a two-part-series. The first can be read here. What specifically sets horror apart from other genres such as fantasy and science

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                ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/12/ossuary-bones.webp)

### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-gavin-hurley/)

December 29, 2019 — By Gavin Hurley

Catholic horror—horror fiction that integrates Catholic perspectives into the fiction itself—is often be seen by Catholics to be incompatible with the mission

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### [From The Gift Of Mortality To The Name Of God (Jakob Helmut Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-the-gift-of-mortality-to-the-name-of-god-jakob-helmut-deibl/)

September 23, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is a continuation of a series of articles corresponding to chapters of the book Preis der Sterblichkeit: Christentum und Neuer Humanismus

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### [The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/)

August 6, 2019 — By Jean-Luc Marion

Of that which we cannot speak, must we remain silent? Probably—especially if we understand why we cannot say anything about it, and have good reason for not

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                ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 3 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/06/img_4448.webp)

### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 3 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-3-gavin-hyman/)

June 8, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

The following is the last installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. The second one can be found here. As Thomas A As Thomas A.

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                ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 2 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/slavoj_zizek_2011.webp)

### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 2 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-2-gavin-hyman/)

May 31, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Slavoj Žižek’s return to God in the context of his wider return

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                ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/hegel_by_kugler_retouched.webp)

### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-1-gavin-hyman/)

May 24, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

Among recent developments in continental philosophy and religious thought, one of the most prominent has been a ‘return to Hegel.’ It has been exemplified in

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                ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/img_4233.webp)

### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/)

May 17, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second one here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl It

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                ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/1920px-la_campina_romana1639_claude_lorrain.webp)

### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl/)

May 7, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl Translated by Philipp Schlögl.

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                ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/hoelderlin.webp)

### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/)

April 30, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is the first installment of a three-part series. Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Friederich Hölderlin’s famous quote “Thus all Religion would be

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                ![God As Person and Trinity, Lecture 7 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/800px-holy_trinity_column_-_top.webp)

### [God As Person and Trinity, Lecture 7 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-as-person-and-trinity-lecture-7-johannes-zachhuber/)

April 10, 2019 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the seventh lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. The possibility that God is person has often been

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                ![God And Language, Lecture 6 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/ludwig-wittgenstein.webp)

### [God And Language, Lecture 6 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-language-lecture-6-johannes-zachhuber/)

April 2, 2019 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the sixth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. I started the last couple of lectures with elaborate

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                ![Review – Performance Apophatics (John Matthew Allison)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/02/55c1056e-0b10-4b38-9128-b51fd8fbb1e3.webp)

### [Review – Performance Apophatics (John Matthew Allison)](/religioustheory/posts/review-performance-apophatics-john-matthew-allison/)

February 7, 2019 — By John Matthew Allison

*Claire Maria Chambers. Performance Studies and Negative Epistemology: Performance Apophatics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Hardback Hardback. It highlights

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                ![God and History, Lecture 5 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/11/the-ruins-of-time.webp)

### [God and History, Lecture 5 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-history-lecture-5-johannes-zachhuber/)

November 13, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the fifth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. The existentialist approach you heard about last week

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                ![Religion And Mental Health – The Therapuetic Value Of The Teachings of Jesus, Part 2 (Thomas Roberts and Delbert Hayden)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/entry_of_jesus.webp)

### [Religion And Mental Health – The Therapuetic Value Of The Teachings of Jesus, Part 2 (Thomas Roberts and Delbert Hayden)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-mental-health-the-therapuetic-value-of-the-teachings-of-jesus-part-2-thomas-roberts-and-delbert-hayden/)

October 9, 2018 — By Thomas Roberts; Delbert Hayden

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. You can find the first part here. Maintaining a State of Hope and Taking a Transcendent Perspective

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                ![Religion And Mental Health – The Therapeutic Value Of The Teachings Of Jesus , Part 1 (Thomas Roberts And Delbert Hayden)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/hb_58-87-1.webp)

### [Religion And Mental Health – The Therapeutic Value Of The Teachings Of Jesus , Part 1 (Thomas Roberts And Delbert Hayden)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-mental-health-the-therapeutic-value-of-the-teachings-of-jesus-part-1-thomas-roberts-and-delbert-hayden/)

September 30, 2018 — By Thomas Roberts; Delbert Hayden

The following is the first part in a two-part installment. The second part can be found here. Author Note: The authors of this article take the position that

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                ![Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/09/img_0497.webp)

### [Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](/religioustheory/posts/towards-a-new-comparative-methodology-in-religious-studies-kara-roberts/)

September 23, 2018 — By Kara Roberts

Author Note: The following was originally written as the introduction to a much longer comparative project between two religious myths Amy Balogh. It highlights

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                ![God And Existence, Lecture 4 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/img_2603.webp)

### [God And Existence, Lecture 4 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-existence-lecture-4-johannes-zachhuber/)

August 29, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the fourth lecture in an eight-part lecture series. Readers can also refer to lectures one, two, and three It highlights key arguments

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                ![Review – Neurotheological Nuances (Joshua Canzona)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/munch-the-scream.webp)

### [Review – Neurotheological Nuances (Joshua Canzona)](/religioustheory/posts/review-neurotheological-nuances-joshua-canzona/)

August 22, 2018 — By Joshua Canzona

Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality. Newberg, Andrew. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. ISBN 9780231179041. Hardback

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                ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/img_1270.webp)

### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-2-mark-murphy/)

August 8, 2018 — By Mark Murphy

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. What Does Lacan Mean When He Says That Spiritual Direction is a

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                ![Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/thumb_img_2156_1024.webp)

### [Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/negative-theology-and-its-problems-barth-and-marion-lecture-3-johannes-zachhuber/)

July 26, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the third lecture in an eight-lecture series. I have described in last week’s lecture how, during the 19th century, some serious challenges

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                ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/img_1464-1.webp)

### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-3-neal-deroo/)

July 11, 2018 — By Neal Deroo

The following is the third installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second here. But one could embrace another prevalence for

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                ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 2 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/praghaus.webp)

### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 2 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-2-neal-deroo/)

July 3, 2018 — By Neal Deroo

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. If deconstruction problematizes the idea of a ‘pure’ logical

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                ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 1 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/jacques-derrida.webp)

### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 1 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-1-neal-deroo/)

June 26, 2018 — By Neal Deroo

On the surface, the debate between John D. Caputo and Martin Hägglund in the Spring 2011 edition of The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory seems to be a

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                ![The Critique Of Theism – Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Lecture 2 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/img_0310.webp)

### [The Critique Of Theism – Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Lecture 2 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/the-critique-of-theism-kant-hegel-feuerbach-nietzsche-lecture-2-johannes-zachhuber/)

June 9, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the second lecture in an eight-lecture series. The first can be found here. I introduced these lectures last week by pointing out the unique

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                ![Thinking About God In A Pluralistic World – The Challenge of Modern Theology, Lecture 1 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/christian-mosaic.webp)

### [Thinking About God In A Pluralistic World – The Challenge of Modern Theology, Lecture 1 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/thinking-about-god-in-a-pluralistic-world-the-challenge-of-modern-theology-lecture-1-johannes-zuchaber/)

May 12, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the first lecture in an eight lecture series. A couple of days ago, I read a column in a national newspaper whose title had a strange

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                ![Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/img_0946.webp)

### [Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-ii-olli-pekka-vaino/)

May 9, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. Postmodern thinking is generally suspicious against It highlights

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                ![Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/luther95theses.webp)

### [Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-i-olli-pekka-vaino/)

May 1, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino

Recently, Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformation has received heavy criticism in various theological and philosophical circles It highlights key arguments

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                ![Secularism And Its Discontents – On Charting Pathways With A Phenomenology Of Religion, Part 1 (Ludger Hagerdorn and Michael Staudigl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/04/800px-michelangelo_moses-1.webp)

### [Secularism And Its Discontents – On Charting Pathways With A Phenomenology Of Religion, Part 1 (Ludger Hagerdorn and Michael Staudigl)](/religioustheory/posts/secularism-and-its-discontents-on-charting-pathways-with-a-phenomenology-of-religion-part-1-ludger-hagerdorn-and-michael-staudigl/)

April 21, 2018 — By Ludger Hagerdorn; Michael Staudigl

*The following is the introductory article for the Spring 2018 issue (Vol. 17, No. 2) of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key

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### [Review – The Ethics Of Time (Matthew Clemente)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-ethics-of-time-matthew-clemente/)

April 17, 2018 — By Matthew Clemente

The Ethics of Time. Manoussakis, John. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781474299169. Hardback. 232 pages. John Manoussakis’s latest book, The Ethics of

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April 9, 2018 — By Elijah Prewitt-Davis

I am told by Zizek—as well as Hegelian friends—that any attempt to argue or disagree with Hegel fits nicely within his dialectical scheme It highlights

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### [The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part II (Oleg Komkov)](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-ii-oleg-komkov/)

March 31, 2018 — By Oleg Komkov

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. II. “Absolute Symbolism” of Christian Worldview: The Aesthetic

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March 21, 2018 — By Oleg Komkov

The following is the first part in a two-part installment. This article is an attempt to highlight and reflect on several interrelated issues that seem to be

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### [Review – An Uncritical Critique of Theism (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-an-uncritical-critique-of-theism-rebekah-gordon/)

March 7, 2018 — By Rebekah Gordon

Religion Within Reason. Cahn, Steven M. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780231181617. Paperback. 93 pages.** It is amazing that a book of less

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### [Prayer After the Death of God, Part II (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-ii-ashley-gay-graham/)

February 18, 2018 — By Ashley Graham

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. This abandonment is not a permanent void; rather, it demonstrates

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### [Prayer After The Death Of God, Part I (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-i-ashley-gay-graham/)

February 11, 2018 — By Ashley Graham

> Metaphysics is onto-theo-logy. Someone who has experienced theology in his own roots, both the theology of the Christian faith and that of philosophy, would

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January 28, 2018 — By Eric Trozzo

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. In Kearnian terms, then, the John portrayed by Luke is one who has

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January 21, 2018 — By Eric Trozzo

The wild hair, the scratchy clothing, the grit and body odor, and the exotic diet. All of these images typically come to mind when one mentions John the

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November 7, 2017 — By Brigid Burke

The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. Zoroastrianism is believed to be an outgrowth of an

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November 4, 2017 — By Rolando Rodriguez

Daniel Whistler, **Schelling’s Theory of Symbolic Language: Forming the System of Identity (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013), 261 ppgs + xi**

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November 1, 2017 — By Brigid Burke

The question of whether there is life after death, and what that life might be like, is probably one of religion’s oldest questions It highlights key arguments

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October 23, 2017 — By James V. Spickard

The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the second installment of a two-part series

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October 16, 2017 — By James V. Spickard

The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the first installment of a two-part series

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### [Review – Caputo’s “Spooky” Call To Theology (Rob Kennedy)](/religioustheory/posts/review-caputos-spooky-call-to-theology-rob-kennedy/)

May 15, 2017 — By Rob Kennedy

*Caputo, John D., Moody, Sarah, and DeLay, Tad., It Spooks: Living In Response To An Unheard Call. Rapid City SD: Shelter50 Publishing Collective, 2015

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May 9, 2017 — By Jussi Backman

*A Turkish translation of a version of this essay has been published as “Bir, bir şey değildir: post-metafizik düşüncede birlik ve çokluğun akıbeti,” trans

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May 4, 2017 — By Adam F. Braun

*Leshem, Dotan. The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 0231177763

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April 18, 2017 — By Mason Davis

To speak of aesthetics is not simply to consign art to its effects on sensibility, but to open up the configurations of experience that create new modalities of

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March 22, 2017 — By John Panteleimon Manoussakis

The following is the first half of the article. The second installment can be found here. Philosophy’s very first utterance, according to Aristotle, present us

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                ![The Place Of Das Ding – Psychoanalysis, Phenomenology, Religion, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/02/dd.webp)

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February 13, 2017 — By John Panteleimon Manoussakis

The following article is the first installment of a two-part series. The second installment can be found here. “One, two, three, but where is the fourth?”

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February 6, 2017 — By Antonio Gnolio; Ido Govrin

The following is an interview with the famed Continental philosopher Giorgio Agamben conducted by journalist Antonio Gnolio It highlights key arguments

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                ![Newest Titles For Review – Freud, Nussbaum, Angst, The Crucified God, Etc.](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/martha-nussbaum.webp)

### [Newest Titles For Review – Freud, Nussbaum, Angst, The Crucified God, Etc.](/religioustheory/posts/newest-titles-for-review-freud-nussbaum-angst-the-crucified-god-etc/)

January 27, 2017 — By editors

Religious Theory has just added new titles for which we are looking for reviewers (listed below). If you would like to review one of them, please send an email

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                ![Spinoza’s Theory of Religion – Stabilized Superstition (Ehud Benor)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/jewish-1159704_1920.webp)

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January 13, 2017 — By Ehud Benor

The best interpretations of Spinoza’s philosophy would lead us to believe that, for Spinoza, religion is superstition. Henry Allison’s account is an excellent

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                ![Rethinking Anselm’s Atonement Theory –  “Unmaking” The Indebted Man (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/atonement-lg.webp)

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January 3, 2017 — By Ryne Beddard

Throughout Church history Christians have used various images and illustrations to explain why God became a human and died, and why these actions have been

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                ![The Semiotics of the Unconscious in Gilles Deleuze and Roland Barthes, Part 2 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/12/selfport.webp)

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December 26, 2016 — By Roger K. Green

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first installment, published on Dec. 19, 2016, can be found here. In Writing Degree Zero, Barthes suggests

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December 19, 2016 — By Roger K. Green

In his preface to Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus, Michel Foucault asks the authors’ forgiveness for describing their book as the first book of ethics

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November 29, 2016 — By Alan Jay Richard

The following is the final installment of a three-part series. The first installment can be accessed here. The second part can be found here It highlights

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November 21, 2016 — By Alan Jay Richard

The following is the second installment of a multi-part series. The first installment can be accessed here. As Tillich argues in the second dissertation, Kant

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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

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### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/)

August 1, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first segment was published on July 25, 2016 and can be accessed here It highlights key arguments

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July 25, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson

This article is published in two parts. The second portion will appear on August 1. > I have set before you life and death: choose life. – Deuteronomy 30:19

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### [Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology” – Part 1](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-1/)

April 27, 2016 — By editors

> Jesus, who was concerned till manhood with his own personal development, was free from the contagious sickness of his age and his people; free from the

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April 20, 2016 — By editors

Raschke, Carl. Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. ISBN-978-0231-17384-1 It

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### [Renegade Hinduism Scholar Featured In Norton’s Anthology of World Religions](/religioustheory/posts/renegade-hinduism-scholar-featured-in-nortons-anthology-of-world-religions/)

April 8, 2016 — By editors

The just-released, multi-volume Norton Anthology of World Religions is a major project of substance undertaken by a group of world-renowned scholars in

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