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[Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/9780593493205/) ![Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/3725.webp) ### [Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-sacrificial-sympathy-how-man-became-more-valuable-than-beast-kev-grane/) March 15, 2024 — By Kev Grane The religious attitude of the West today demonstrates a consumerist ethos that would have been deeply foreign to the religious discourse of old It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-sacrificial-sympathy-how-man-became-more-valuable-than-beast-kev-grane/) ![The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/img_1693.webp) ### [The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-2-anna-maria-edlinger/) November 13, 2023 — By Anna-Maria Edlinger The following is the second of a two-part series. The first portion can be found here. It was originally published in issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-2-anna-maria-edlinger/) ![Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, And The Quotidian Academic Terror Of “Christian Nationalism”](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/american-flag-spanish-mission.webp) ### [Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, And The Quotidian Academic Terror Of “Christian Nationalism”](/religioustheory/posts/evangelicalism-pentecostalism-and-the-quotidian-academic-terror-of-christian-nationalism/) February 23, 2023 — By editors The following essay appeared recently in The New Polis. It is republished here because of its timeliness and importance. What exactly is Christian nationalism? [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/evangelicalism-pentecostalism-and-the-quotidian-academic-terror-of-christian-nationalism/) ![Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 2](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/aboriginal_sovereignty_-_panoramio.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 2](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-a-conversation-with-arthur-bradley-on-sovereignty-part-2/) June 9, 2022 — By editors The following is the second part of a transcript of one of our ongoing “Critical Conversations” with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-a-conversation-with-arthur-bradley-on-sovereignty-part-2/) ![The Fracturing Of World Order – A Series of International and Interdisciplinary Online Mini-Conferences, Call For Papers And Presentations (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/03/crack-3364707_1280.webp) ### [The Fracturing Of World Order – A Series of International and Interdisciplinary Online Mini-Conferences, Call For Papers And Presentations (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/the-fracturing-of-world-order-a-series-of-international-and-interdisciplinary-online-mini-conferences-call-for-papers-and-presentations-announcement/) March 10, 2022 — By editors The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and The New Polis in collaboration with representatives of the University of Denver announces a call for papers [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-fracturing-of-world-order-a-series-of-international-and-interdisciplinary-online-mini-conferences-call-for-papers-and-presentations-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – The Power Of “Political Erasure”, A Seminar With Arthur Bradley (Announcements)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/03/guernica-museum-sofia-queen-on-july-2018-rotated.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – The Power Of “Political Erasure”, A Seminar With Arthur Bradley (Announcements)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-the-power-of-political-erasure-a-seminar-with-arthur-bradley-announcements/) March 2, 2022 — By editors Sign up for this online seminar with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley on the compelling and most timely issue of “political erasure.“ [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-the-power-of-political-erasure-a-seminar-with-arthur-bradley-announcements/) ![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/) ![Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Philip Goodchild And Devin Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/bancnotes.webp) ### [Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Philip Goodchild And Devin Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-philip-goodchild-and-devin-singh/) May 31, 2021 — By Philip Goodchild; Devin Singh The following is the transcript of “Critical Conversations” No. 9, an ongoing series of Zoom seminars conducted by Whitestone Publications with distinguished [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-philip-goodchild-and-devin-singh/) ![Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/01/1600px-machu_picchu_the_lost_city_of_the_inca_empire.webp) ### [Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-call-for-presentations-and-papers/) January 13, 2021 — By editors The New Polis in collaboration with the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (part of The Whitestone Foundation of publications) announces a webinar-based [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-call-for-presentations-and-papers/) ![Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/wmignolo.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-on-decoloniality-with-walter-mignolo-announcement/) December 29, 2020 — By editors An earlier version of this posting had the date listed as “December,” which would imply the webinar had already occurred It highlights key arguments and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-on-decoloniality-with-walter-mignolo-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/crisis-city.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcement/) November 3, 2020 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the fourth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcement/) ![“The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Critical Conversations)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/09/geographica_restituta_per_globi_trientes_-_norman_b-_leventhal_map_center_at_the_bpl.webp) ### [“The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Critical Conversations)](/religioustheory/posts/the-end-of-cognitive-empire-critical-conversations/) September 9, 2020 — By editors The following is the video and transcript of the first of “Critical Conversations”, a monthly Zoom seminar with advance registration sponsored by The New Polis [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-end-of-cognitive-empire-critical-conversations/) ![“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. 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/) ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/lacanja_burn_crop.webp) ### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-2-matt-rosen/) January 21, 2020 — By Matt Rosen The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The recasting of the field of three against the field of two, which is the field [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-2-matt-rosen/) ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/zapatismo_picture_marcos.webp) ### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) January 14, 2020 — By Matt Rosen On the first of January 1994, as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) ![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/) ![Looking For Reviewers](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/04/woman-face-in-shadow.webp) ### [Looking For Reviewers](/religioustheory/posts/new-book-titles-looking-for-reviewers/) January 2, 2018 — By editors We are looking for authors to review the a variety books in different topic areas related to religious and cultural theory It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/new-book-titles-looking-for-reviewers/) ![“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/) ![Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/images.webp) ### [Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-2-vivek-swaroop-sharma/) September 22, 2017 — By Vivek Swaroop Sharma The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. There are two important qualifications to the following [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-2-vivek-swaroop-sharma/) ![Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 1 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/09/7e40f143e74c385ee290c7e279d9897f.webp) ### [Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 1 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-1-vivek-swaroop-sharma/) September 12, 2017 — By Vivek Swaroop Sharma Killing hundreds of people in the name of “cow protection” would, at first glance, appear to be a headline drawn from a Monty Python skit It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-1-vivek-swaroop-sharma/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/blake_jacobsladder.webp) ### [The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-3-carl-raschke/) July 19, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke This article is the last of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-3-carl-raschke/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/c3991bb2cfd9febacdde5120616f152a.webp) ### [The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-2-carl-raschke/) July 12, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke This article is the second of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![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/) ![Religious Autonomy As Secularism’s Silent Partner (Darshan Datar)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/img_1444.webp) ### [Religious Autonomy As Secularism’s Silent Partner (Darshan Datar)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-autonomy-as-secularisms-silent-partner-darshan-datar/) May 31, 2017 — By Darshan Datar Scholarship has noted that the genealogical trajectory of a state has consistently had an impact on the evolution of state-church relationships It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-autonomy-as-secularisms-silent-partner-darshan-datar/) ![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/) ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/muses.webp) ### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-1-daniel-tutt/) September 5, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt The following is the first 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-1-daniel-tutt/) ![What Is A Dispositif? – Part 2 (Gregg Lambert)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/foucaults-pendulum.webp) ### [What Is A Dispositif? – Part 2 (Gregg Lambert)](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-2/) July 18, 2016 — By Gregg Lambert The following article by internationally known theory scholar Gregg Lambert is the second of a two-part series. The first part was published on July 11, 2016 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-2/) ![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. The concept of “dispositif” is best known as a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-1/) [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. Articles are open access under a [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license; authors retain copyright. 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