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                ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/golden_temple_sikhism.webp)

### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-3-nirvikar-singh/)

February 8, 2024 — By Nirvikar Singh

The following is the third installment of a three part series. The first can be found here, the second here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in

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                ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/peace_symposium_between_sikhs_muslims_of_pakistan.webp)

### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-2-nirvikar-singh/)

January 26, 2024 — By Nirvikar Singh

The following is the second installment of a three part series. The first can be found here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue

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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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                ![Trauma In Emmanuel Levinas’ Writing Body, Part 2 (Magdalena Sedmak)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/07/emmanuel_levinas_cropped.webp)

### [Trauma In Emmanuel Levinas’ Writing Body, Part 2 (Magdalena Sedmak)](/religioustheory/posts/trauma-in-emmanuel-levinas-writing-body-part-2-magdalena-sedmak/)

June 30, 2023 — By Magdalena Sedmak

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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                ![Trauma In Emmanuel Levinas’ Writing Body, Part 1 (Magdalena Sedmak)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/07/1024px-hofmann_lehrbuch_brain_gunshot.webp)

### [Trauma In Emmanuel Levinas’ Writing Body, Part 1 (Magdalena Sedmak)](/religioustheory/posts/trauma-in-emmanuel-levinas-writing-body-part-1-magdalena-sedmak/)

June 15, 2023 — By Magdalena Sedmak

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 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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                ![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 3 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/tigray_near_yeha_ethiopia.webp)

### [From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 3 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/from-holistic-to-in-between-theology-the-ethiopian-evangelical-church-mekane-yesus-part-3-rode-molla/)

May 18, 2022 — By Rode Molla

The comparison between evangelical Christianity and EOC Christianity is their approach to the language. The Westerners use the mother tongue to translate

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                ![From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/05/dassanech_girl_omerate_ethiopia_21073880372-1.webp)

### [From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/from-holistic-to-in-between-theology-the-ethiopian-evangelical-church-mekane-yesus-part-2-rode-molla/)

April 30, 2022 — By Rode Molla

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. Tumsa, as a theologian, focused on social justice and the hermeneutical

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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 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 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 3 (Florian Klug)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/img_8685-1.webp)

### [Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 3 (Florian Klug)](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-3-florian-klug/)

July 20, 2021 — By Florian Klug

The following is the last of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. It will appear as a full article in the Fall 2021 issue of the

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                ![Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 2 (Florian Klug)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/800px-modern_art_gallery.webp)

### [Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 2 (Florian Klug)](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-2-florian-klug/)

July 12, 2021 — By Florian Klug

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. It will appear as a full article in the Fall 2021 issue of the Journal for

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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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                ![Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 1 (Wendy Felese)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/inuit-kleidung_1.webp)

### [Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 1 (Wendy Felese)](/religioustheory/posts/reorientation-in-the-field-why-religion-matters-part-1-wendy-felese/)

March 15, 2021 — By Wendy Felese

The following is the first of a two-part series. It was originally published at a 2019 conference in Athens, Greece.1 When teaching classes like World Religions

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                ![Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 4 (Kelly Maeshiro)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/janus.webp)

### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 4 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-4-kelly-maeshiro/)

March 1, 2021 — By Kelly Maeshiro

The following is the last of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here, the third here. Barth’s theology is in many ways contiguous with

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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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                ![Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 1 (Kelly Maeshiro)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/02/god_by_gabe_alberro.webp)

### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 1 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-1-kelly-maeshiro/)

February 1, 2021 — By Kelly Maeshiro

In the Christian tradition, the question of whether philosophy is necessary for theology, or even relevant to it, is a question almost as old as theology

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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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                ![Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/02/1599px-ethiopian_mothers_with_babies.webp)

### [Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context-part-2-rode-molla/)

February 4, 2020 — By Rode Molla

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Foucault, in his book, Discipline, and Punish, describes how the human body is

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                ![From The Gift Of Mortality To The Name Of God (Jakob Helmut Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/09/paolo_uccello_cacciata_dal_paradiso_terrestre_e_storie_di_caino_e_abele_1430-40_ca-_09_caino_e_abele_bambini.webp)

### [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)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/08/vassily_kandinsky_1923_-_composition_8_huile_sur_toile_140_cm_x_201_cm_musee_guggenheim_new_york.webp)

### [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 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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                ![Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/j-edwards.webp)

### [Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](/religioustheory/posts/jonathan-edwards-and-the-vegan-elect-an-unconventional-calvinist-reading-part-1/)

April 23, 2019 — By Tadd Ruetenik

In 1895, when Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity School of Christianity, first became a vegetarian, she said that “the appetite left me without my even

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### [God And Salvation, Lecture 8 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-salvation-lecture-8-johannes-zachhuber/)

April 17, 2019 — By Johannes Zachhuber

This is the eighth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent lecture can be found here. The paper these lectures support is entitled “God, Christ, and

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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)](/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)](/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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                ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 3 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/keys-to-the-kingdom.webp)

### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 3 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-3-mark-murphy/)

August 15, 2018 — By Mark Murphy

The following is the third installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The second one can be found here The second one can be found here.

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                ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 1  (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/img_1638.webp)

### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 1 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-1-mark-murphy/)

July 31, 2018 — By Mark Murphy

Spiritual direction is defined as the help one gives to another in developing one’s relationship with the sacred, while the treatment of psychological symptoms

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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)](/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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                ![Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/max-weber.webp)

### [Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/)

June 19, 2018 — By Joel Harrison

This article was initially published in The New Polis, March 23, 2018. In his essay “The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion,” Donald Wiebe

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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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                ![Mischief, Idolatry, And The Demonic – Toward A Hermeneutic Of Play, Part II (Kevin Lewis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/02/william_blake_-_satan_smiting_job_with_sore_boils_-_google_art_project.webp)

### [Mischief, Idolatry, And The Demonic – Toward A Hermeneutic Of Play, Part II (Kevin Lewis)](/religioustheory/posts/mischief-idolatry-and-the-demonic-toward-a-hermeneutic-of-play-part-ii-kevin-lewis/)

May 28, 2018 — By Kevin Lewis

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. We proceed first by a reminder of Scripture itself (which makes no

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                ![Mischief, Idolatry, And The Demonic – Toward A Hermeneutic Of Play, Part I (Kevin Lewis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/img_0921-1.webp)

### [Mischief, Idolatry, And The Demonic – Toward A Hermeneutic Of Play, Part I (Kevin Lewis)](/religioustheory/posts/mischief-idolatry-and-the-demonic-toward-a-hermeneutic-of-play-part-i-kevin-lewis/)

May 19, 2018 — By Kevin Lewis

Biblical hermeneutics, studied reflection upon interpretation of scriptural passages, has not remained static in method or approach over the centuries

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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)](/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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### [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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### [Admitting A Certain Fear of Zizek’s Theology – A Modest Plea For A Deleuzian Reading Of The Death Of God (Elijah Prewitt-Davis)](/religioustheory/posts/admitting-a-certain-fear-of-zizeks-theology-a-modest-plea-for-a-deleuzian-reading-of-the-death-of-god-elijah-prewitt-davis/)

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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### [Review – Reverent Irreverence (Amit Gvaryahu)](/religioustheory/posts/review-reverent-irreverence-amit-gvaryahu/)

April 5, 2018 — By Amit Gvaryahu

**Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism. Weiss, Dov. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. ISBN 9780812293050 Hardcover, ebook.

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

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)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/jbcol.webp)

### [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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                ![From Christology to Political Theology (Cyril Hovorun)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/02/style-8022831138_b3bf36a30d_b-wavy-lines-0-4mp.webp)

### [From Christology to Political Theology (Cyril Hovorun)](/religioustheory/posts/from-christology-to-political-theology-cyril-hovorun/)

February 26, 2018 — By Cyril Hovorun

In the Christian Antiquity and later on during the Middle Ages, there was neither separation nor much distinction between the theological and the political

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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)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/the-praying-jew.webp)

### [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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                ![John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part II (Eric Trozzo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/24054189-a75190ba-640.webp)

### [John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part II (Eric Trozzo)](/religioustheory/posts/john-the-possibilizer-the-promise-of-a-kearnian-baptismal-hermeneutic-part-ii-eric-trozzo/)

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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                ![John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part I (Eric Trozzo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/style-head-of-saint-john-the-baptist-by-an-anonymous-spanish-painter-c-1600-1650-cleveland-museum-of-art-ballpoint-0-4mp.webp)

### [John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part I (Eric Trozzo)](/religioustheory/posts/john-the-possibilizer-the-promise-of-a-kearnian-baptismal-hermeneutic-part-i-eric-trozzo/)

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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                ![The Mythology of Afterlife Beliefs and Their Impact on Religious Conflict, Part 2 (Brigid Burke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/genrich_ippolitovich_semiradsky_-_roma_1889.webp)

### [The Mythology of Afterlife Beliefs and Their Impact on Religious Conflict, Part 2 (Brigid Burke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-mythology-of-afterlife-beliefs-and-their-impact-on-religious-conflict-part-2-brigid-burke/)

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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                ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/denali-national-park-1733313_1280-uncharted-territory.webp)

### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-2-james-v-spickard/)

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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### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/)

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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                ![Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/pdr.webp)

### [Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-and-comparative-theology-an-appraisal-joshua-samuel/)

October 9, 2017 — By Joshua Samuel

The title “religious scholar,” it must be remembered, is a very ambiguous categorization. It could either mean those who are engaged in academic work in the

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                ![The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/aristotle-metaphysics.webp)

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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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                ![Forging A Path From Theory To Theology – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/04/the-insurrection.webp)

### [Forging A Path From Theory To Theology – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](/religioustheory/posts/forging-a-path-from-theory-to-theology-review-essay-matt-waggoner/)

April 11, 2017 — By Matt Waggoner

*Blanton, Ward. Crockett, Clayton. Robbins, Jeffrey. Vahanian, Noëlle. An Insurrectionist Manifesto: Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics (Insurrections:

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                ![Untimely Meditations on Techno-Theology and Theo-Poetics, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/mesopotamia.webp)

### [Untimely Meditations on Techno-Theology and Theo-Poetics, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](/religioustheory/posts/untimely-meditations-on-techno-theology-and-theo-poetics-part-1-john-panteleimon-manoussakis/)

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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                ![Foucault’s Disciplinary Society And The Community Rule Of Qumran (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/qumran-drawing.webp)

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March 10, 2017 — By Rebekah Gordon

In his 1975 work Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault uses the lens of prison and society to examine the ways in which power structures act upon the

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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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                ![Lacan, Levinas, And The Politics Of The Subject (Joshua Lawrence)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/levinas1.webp)

### [Lacan, Levinas, And The Politics Of The Subject (Joshua Lawrence)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-levinas-and-the-politics-of-the-subject-joshua-lawrence/)

January 21, 2017 — By Joshua Lawrence

Psychoanalysis has undeniably played a significant role in the development of theories critical of the social landscape It highlights key arguments and

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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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                ![The Semiotics of the Unconscious in Gilles Deleuze and Roland Barthes, Part 1 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/12/jnnocence1094.webp)

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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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### [Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 3 (Alan Jay Richard)](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-3-alan-jay-richard/)

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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### [Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 2 (Alan Jay Richard)](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-2-alan-jay-richard/)

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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November 7, 2016 — By Alan Jay Richard

One of the challenges of liberation theology is to think the radical political and social liberation of the oppressed in a way that is truly this-worldly

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                ![Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/transcendence.webp)

### [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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                ![Review – The Search For Transcendence In The “Material Phenomenology” of David Foster Wallace (Jeff Appel)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/davidfosterwallace1.webp)

### [Review – The Search For Transcendence In The “Material Phenomenology” of David Foster Wallace (Jeff Appel)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-search-for-transcendence-in-the-material-phenomenology-of-david-foster-wallace/)

July 7, 2016 — By Jeff Appel

*Miller, Adam S. The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction. New York: Bloomsburg Academic, 2016 It highlights

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### [Review – Donovan Schaefer’s Call For a Materialist Turn In Religious Theory (Jonathan Russell)](/religioustheory/posts/review-donovan-schaefers-call-for-a-materialist-turn-in-religious-theory/)

June 3, 2016 — By Jonathan Russell

*Schaefer, Donovan O. Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-8223-5982-1, 10: It highlights

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                ![Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology” – Part 1](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/hamlets-ghost.webp)

### [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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