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The first can be found here. It is generally recognised that the Garden story is more environmentally friendly [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-image-of-god-and-our-vocation-of-the-soil-part-2-mick-pope/) ![George Batailles On Ethnographic Surrealism And “The Limits Of The Useful” – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/08/joan_miro_-_dona_i_ocell_2.webp) ### [George Batailles On Ethnographic Surrealism And “The Limits Of The Useful” – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](/religioustheory/posts/george-batailles-on-the-limits-of-the-useful/) August 20, 2023 — By Matt Waggoner Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful. Translated and edited by Corey Austin Knudson and Tomas Elliott. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2022. Hardback. 360 pages [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/george-batailles-on-the-limits-of-the-useful/) ![The Religious Roots Of Environmental Justice – Call For Papers Or Presentations (Conference)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/07/ta_prohm_iii.webp) ### [The Religious Roots Of Environmental Justice – Call For Papers Or Presentations (Conference)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-roots-of-environmental-justice-call-for-papers-or-presentations-conference/) July 13, 2023 — By editors Where: Online (Zoom) – Registration Required Submission deadline for proposals: Friday, September 15, 2023 It highlights key arguments and implications [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-roots-of-environmental-justice-call-for-papers-or-presentations-conference/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/) ![Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/img_0123-2.webp) ### [Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/embodiment-a-conference-on-the-crisis-in-contemporary-theory-and-the-humanities-announcement/) August 25, 2022 — By editors You must register in advance (see below) whereupon you will automatically receive a participation link. If you are having trouble, please email us It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/embodiment-a-conference-on-the-crisis-in-contemporary-theory-and-the-humanities-announcement/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-1-jake-sirota/) ![Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/the_kiss_klimt-1.webp) ### [Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/) June 4, 2021 — By editors When: Tuesday, June 29, 10am Mountain Standard Time How: Zoom. By Advance Registration. Please register at the following link below It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/) ![Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/machu_picchu_peru.webp) ### [Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-international-conference/) March 22, 2021 — By editors Sponsored by The New Polis, Whitestone Publications, and Metropolitan State University of Denver in collaboration with members of the Iliff School of Theology [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-international-conference/) ![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/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-neurotheological-nuances-joshua-canzona/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-critique-of-theism-kant-hegel-feuerbach-nietzsche-lecture-2-johannes-zachhuber/) ![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/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-mythology-of-afterlife-beliefs-and-their-impact-on-religious-conflict-part-2-brigid-burke/) ![Review – Reframing Schelling (Rolando Rodriguez)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/11/220px-nb_pinacoteca_stieler_friedrich_wilhelm_joseph_von_schelling.webp) ### [Review – Reframing Schelling (Rolando Rodriguez)](/religioustheory/posts/review-reframing-schelling-rolando-rodriguez/) 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** [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-reframing-schelling-rolando-rodriguez/) ![Review – A Stranger Thought For Stranger Times (Liam Burrell)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/11/laruelle.webp) ### [Review – A Stranger Thought For Stranger Times (Liam Burrell)](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-stranger-thought-for-stranger-times-liam-burrell/) April 6, 2017 — By Liam Burrell *Smith, Anthony Paul. Laruelle: A Stranger Thought. Cambridge: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 0745671233. Hardcover, paperback, e-book Hardcover, paperback, e-book. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-stranger-thought-for-stranger-times-liam-burrell/) ![Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Lukács’ Theory of Reification (Konstantinos Kavoulakos)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/lukacs-and-woman.webp) ### [Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Lukács’ Theory of Reification (Konstantinos Kavoulakos)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophical-anthropology-or-philosophy-of-praxis-axel-honneth-and-andrew-feenberg-on-lukacs-theory-of-reification-konstantinos-kavoulakos/) March 15, 2017 — By Konstantinos Kavoulakos Axel Honneth’s Reification. A New Look at an Old Idea (2008) and Andrew Feenberg’s Philosophy of Praxis (2014) represent two recent publications, which give a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/philosophical-anthropology-or-philosophy-of-praxis-axel-honneth-and-andrew-feenberg-on-lukacs-theory-of-reification-konstantinos-kavoulakos/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/newest-titles-for-review-freud-nussbaum-angst-the-crucified-god-etc/) ![Review – Eugene Thacker’s “Cosmic Pessimism” (N.N. Trakakis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/cioran.webp) ### [Review – Eugene Thacker’s “Cosmic Pessimism” (N.N. Trakakis)](/religioustheory/posts/review-eugene-thackers-cosmic-pessimism/) October 27, 2016 — By N.N. Trakakis *Thacker, Eugene. Cosmic Pessimism. Minneapolis: Univocal Publishing, 2015. ISBN-10: 193756147X. E-book, paperback. 55 pages.* It might be worth quoting from [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-eugene-thackers-cosmic-pessimism/) ![Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 2 (Jodi Dean)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/proudhon-children.webp) ### [Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 2 (Jodi Dean)](/religioustheory/posts/collective-desire-and-the-pathology-of-the-individual-part-2-jodi-dean/) October 19, 2016 — By Jodi Dean The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment was published on October 10 and can be accessed here It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/collective-desire-and-the-pathology-of-the-individual-part-2-jodi-dean/) ![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/) ![Review – The Evolution of the Religious Factor in Fantasy Role-Playing Games (Jeffrey Scholes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/dragon-slayer.webp) ### [Review – The Evolution of the Religious Factor in Fantasy Role-Playing Games (Jeffrey Scholes)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-evolution-of-the-religious-factor-in-fantasy-role-playing-games/) July 2, 2016 — By Jeffrey Scholes *Laycock, Joseph P. Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds ISBN-10: 0520284925. It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-evolution-of-the-religious-factor-in-fantasy-role-playing-games/) ![Review – Badiou’s Conversations About Theatre Offer Light-Hearted And Quirky Insight Into Mind Of Philosopher (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/dec_18_the-tank-robots_0108.webp) ### [Review – Badiou’s Conversations About Theatre Offer Light-Hearted And Quirky Insight Into Mind Of Philosopher (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/review-badious-conversations-about-theatre-offer-light-hearted-and-quirky-insight-into-mind-of-philosopher/) June 13, 2016 — By Ryne Beddard *Badiou, Alain (with Nicolas Truong). In Praise of Theatre. New York: Polity, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-7456-8697-4. Hardback, paperback, e-book It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-badious-conversations-about-theatre-offer-light-hearted-and-quirky-insight-into-mind-of-philosopher/) ![Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 3](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/brain-facs.webp) ### [Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 3](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-3/) May 14, 2016 — By editors The following is Part 3 of a 3-part series by Victor Taylor on how one might reflect theologically on Jesus and the Christian message from a Derridean [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-3/) ![Review – Badiou and Gauchet on Capitalism and Democracy](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/badiou-photo-thumb-large.webp) ### [Review – Badiou and Gauchet on Capitalism and Democracy](/religioustheory/posts/review-badiou-and-gauchet-on-capitalism-and-democracy/) May 12, 2016 — By editors *Badiou, Alain and Gauchet, Marcel. What Is To Be Done?: A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy. Translated by Susan Spitzer [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-badiou-and-gauchet-on-capitalism-and-democracy/) ![Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 2](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/california-ghost-town.webp) ### [Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 2](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-2/) May 6, 2016 — By editors The following is Part 2 of a 3-part series by Victor Taylor on how one might reflect theologically on Jesus and the Christian message from a Derridean [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-2/) ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 3 – Eros, Ecstasy, and the Pentecostal Experience](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/catharsis.webp) ### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 3 – Eros, Ecstasy, and the Pentecostal Experience](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-3-eros-ecstasy-and-the-pentecostal-experience/) April 13, 2016 — By editors In the first installment of this three-part book preview of my forthcoming work on machismo in Latino culture I explored the role of the new, and “hot” [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-3-eros-ecstasy-and-the-pentecostal-experience/) ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 2 – The Nature and History of Machismo and Its Feminine Counterpart As “Marianismo”](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/749_20_2.webp) ### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 2 – The Nature and History of Machismo and Its Feminine Counterpart As “Marianismo”](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-2-the-nature-and-history-of-machismo-and-its-feminine-counterpart-as-marianismo/) April 6, 2016 — By editors From time to time Religious Theory (RT) invites well-known academic authors to outline current book projects that have not yet been published It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-2-the-nature-and-history-of-machismo-and-its-feminine-counterpart-as-marianismo/) ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 1 – Affect Theory and the Transformation of Machismo Among Latino Pentecostal Men](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/20120503nw1179.webp) ### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 1 – Affect Theory and the Transformation of Machismo Among Latino Pentecostal Men](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-affect-theory-and-the-transformation-of-machismo-among-latino-pentecostal-men-part-1/) March 30, 2016 — By editors From time to time Religious Theory (RT) invites well-known academic authors to outline current book projects that have not yet been published S. It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-affect-theory-and-the-transformation-of-machismo-among-latino-pentecostal-men-part-1/) ![Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/william-pynchon.webp) ### [Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](/religioustheory/posts/upcoming-conferences-call-for-papers/) February 26, 2016 — By editors Beyond Habermas? Critical Theory, Political Theology, and Interreligious Dialogue “Habermas’ postsecular perspective of socio-political integration has had a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/upcoming-conferences-call-for-papers/) ![Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/adam-1.webp) ### [Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](/religioustheory/posts/religious-theory-a-new-review-commentary-and-conversations-feature-of-jcrt/) February 24, 2016 — By editors Religious Theory is the new commentary, review, and conversation blog for The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key arguments and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-theory-a-new-review-commentary-and-conversations-feature-of-jcrt/) [The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT)](https://jcrt.org) is an online, peer-reviewed, academic publication published by [The Whitestone Foundation](http://thewhitestonefoundation.org/), a 501c3 corporation located in Boulder, Colorado. 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