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The first can be found here. Tumsa, as a theologian, focused on social justice and the hermeneutical [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-holistic-to-in-between-theology-the-ethiopian-evangelical-church-mekane-yesus-part-2-rode-molla/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-2-florian-klug/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/mischief-idolatry-and-the-demonic-toward-a-hermeneutic-of-play-part-ii-kevin-lewis/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/mischief-idolatry-and-the-demonic-toward-a-hermeneutic-of-play-part-i-kevin-lewis/) ![Review – The Ethics Of Time (Matthew Clemente)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/04/vasnetsov_samolet.webp) ### [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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-ethics-of-time-matthew-clemente/) ![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: [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/forging-a-path-from-theory-to-theology-review-essay-matt-waggoner/) ![Foucault’s Disciplinary Society And The Community Rule Of Qumran (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/qumran-drawing.webp) ### [Foucault’s Disciplinary Society And The Community Rule Of Qumran (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/foucaults-disciplinary-society-and-the-community-rule-of-qumran-rebekah-gordon/) 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/foucaults-disciplinary-society-and-the-community-rule-of-qumran-rebekah-gordon/) ![Rethinking Anselm’s Atonement Theory – “Unmaking” The Indebted Man (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/atonement-lg.webp) ### [Rethinking Anselm’s Atonement Theory – “Unmaking” The Indebted Man (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/rethinking-anselms-atonement-theory-unmaking-the-indebted-man-ryne-beddard/) 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/rethinking-anselms-atonement-theory-unmaking-the-indebted-man-ryne-beddard/) ![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/) ![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. 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