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All of these images typically come to mind when one mentions John the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/john-the-possibilizer-the-promise-of-a-kearnian-baptismal-hermeneutic-part-i-eric-trozzo/) ![Review – Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Negative Reactions to the Jewish Pre- and Post-Holocaust (Madison Tarleton)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/a867c350-b8ad-4896-b926-f0b71c0cb1f8.webp) ### [Review – Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Negative Reactions to the Jewish Pre- and Post-Holocaust (Madison Tarleton)](/religioustheory/posts/review-hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-negative-reactions-to-jewish-people-pre-and-post-holocaust-madison-tarleton/) January 14, 2018 — By [Madison Tarleton](/authors/madison-tarleton/) Reviews Antisemitism Before and Since the Holocaust: Altered Contexts and Recent Perspectives. Basingstoke United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-negative-reactions-to-jewish-people-pre-and-post-holocaust-madison-tarleton/) ![Review – French Perceptions of Muslim Sexuality (Trevor Wolff)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/ira_giotto.webp) ### [Review – French Perceptions of Muslim Sexuality (Trevor Wolff)](/religioustheory/posts/review-french-perceptions-of-muslim-sexuality-trevor-wolff/) January 5, 2018 — By [Trevor Wolff](/authors/trevor-wolff/) Critical Theory Reviews Mack, Mehammed Amadeus. Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. New York City NY: Fordham University Press, 2017 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-french-perceptions-of-muslim-sexuality-trevor-wolff/) ![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](/editors/) Announcements Critical Theory Globalization Political Philosophy Political Theology Political Theory Conferences Uncategorized 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](/editors/) Announcements Psychoanalysis Theological Ethics Critical Conversations Critical Race Theory Difficult Discussions Critical Theory Globalization Political Philosophy Political Theology Political Theory 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/) ![Review – Power After Biopower, Or The Colonizing Of Perception (Adam Loch)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/11/picassoguernica.webp) ### [Review – Power After Biopower, Or The Colonizing Of Perception (Adam Loch)](/religioustheory/posts/review-power-after-biopower-or-the-colonizing-of-perception-adam-loch/) November 28, 2017 — By [Adam Loch](/authors/adam-loch/) Reviews *Massumi, Brian. Ontopower: War, Powers, and the State of Perception. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2015. Hardcover, Paperback, E-book, ix + 320 pages.* A [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-power-after-biopower-or-the-colonizing-of-perception-adam-loch/) ![Review – Indebted to Asceticism (Hollis Phelps)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/11/elettra-stimilli.webp) ### [Review – Indebted to Asceticism (Hollis Phelps)](/religioustheory/posts/review-indebted-to-asceticism-hollis-phelps/) November 14, 2017 — By [Hollis Phelps](/authors/hollis-phelps/) Reviews Stimilli, Elettra. **The Debt of the Living: Ascesis and Capitalism. Translated by Arianna Bove. Albany: SUNY Press, 2017. ISBN 9781438464152 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-indebted-to-asceticism-hollis-phelps/) ![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](/authors/brigid-burke/) Mythology Philosophy of Religion Psychoanalysis Psychology of Religion Uncategorized Religious Studies Theology Philosophical Theology 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](/authors/rolando-rodriguez/) Reviews Philosophy of Religion Uncategorized 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/) ![The Mythology of Afterlife Beliefs and Their Impact on Religious Conflict, Part 1 (Brigid Burke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/afterlife.webp) ### [The Mythology of Afterlife Beliefs and Their Impact on Religious Conflict, Part 1 (Brigid Burke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-mythology-of-afterlife-beliefs-and-their-impact-on-religious-conflict-part-1-brigid-burke/) November 1, 2017 — By [Brigid Burke](/authors/brigid-burke/) Mythology Philosophy of Religion Psychoanalysis Psychology of Religion Reviews The question of whether there is life after death, and what that life might be like, is probably one of religion’s oldest questions It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-mythology-of-afterlife-beliefs-and-their-impact-on-religious-conflict-part-1-brigid-burke/) ![Review—Whither Philosophy of Religion? (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/wordcloud.webp) ### [Review—Whither Philosophy of Religion? (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](/religioustheory/posts/review-whither-philosophy-of-religion-benjamin-steele-fisher/) October 27, 2017 — By [Benjamin Steele-Fisher](/authors/benjamin-steele-fisher/) Reviews **Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Zizek. Edited by Philip Goodchild and Hollis Phelps. New York: Routledge, 2017 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-whither-philosophy-of-religion-benjamin-steele-fisher/) ![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](/authors/james-v-spickard/) Religion and Media Religious Studies New Religions Philosophy of Religion Theology 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-2-james-v-spickard/) ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/1532494-shiva-and-parvati-on-bull-images-sculptures-on-hindu-temple-gopura-tower-menakshi-temple-madurai-tamil-nadu-india.webp) ### [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](/authors/james-v-spickard/) Religion and Media Religious Studies Philosophy of Religion Theology 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/) ![Review – The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/pastors-daughter.webp) ### [Review – The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-evangelicals-the-struggle-to-shape-america-rebekah-gordon/) October 13, 2017 — By [Rebekah Gordon](/authors/rebekah-gordon/) Reviews Critical Theory *Fitzgerald, Francis. The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. ISBN-10: 1439131333. Hardcover [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-evangelicals-the-struggle-to-shape-america-rebekah-gordon/) ![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](/authors/joshua-samuel/) Religious Studies Theology Religion and Media Psychoanalysis 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-and-comparative-theology-an-appraisal-joshua-samuel/) ![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](/authors/vivek-swaroop-sharma/) Political Theory Political Economy Political Theology Announcements Political Philosophy 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](/authors/vivek-swaroop-sharma/) Political Theory Political Theology Announcements Political Philosophy Critical Theory Globalization 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/) ![Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 3 (Raji Singh Soni)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/08/style-img_7932-kanagawa-0-4mp.webp) ### [Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 3 (Raji Singh Soni)](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-3-raji-singh-soni/) August 13, 2017 — By [Raji Singh Soni](/authors/raji-singh-soni/) Religion and Literature The following is the final installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second one here. As Julia Reinhard Lupton argues It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-3-raji-singh-soni/) ![Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 2 (Raji Singh Soni)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/08/the_sea.webp) ### [Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 2 (Raji Singh Soni)](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-2-raji-singh-soni/) August 4, 2017 — By [Raji Singh Soni](/authors/raji-singh-soni/) Religion and Literature The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Used by Auden in concert with “limitation” to qualify [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-2-raji-singh-soni/) ![Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 1 (Raji Singh Soni)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/pda44.webp) ### [Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 1 (Raji Singh Soni)](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-religious-and-aesthetic-states-in-w-h-audens-for-the-time-being-part-1-raji-singh-soni/) July 28, 2017 — By [Raji Singh Soni](/authors/raji-singh-soni/) Religion and Literature The following is part one of an article that will be published in three successive installments. > TRINCULO Servant-monster! The folly of this island! [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-religious-and-aesthetic-states-in-w-h-audens-for-the-time-being-part-1-raji-singh-soni/) ![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](/authors/carl-raschke/) Political Theology Political Theory 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](/authors/carl-raschke/) Political Economy Political Theory Political Theology 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](/authors/carl-raschke/) Political Economy Political Theory Announcements Critical Theory Cultural Theory Political Theology 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/) ![Review – The Contemplative Self after Michel Henry (Michael Saunders)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/06/t-henry.webp) ### [Review – The Contemplative Self after Michel Henry (Michael Saunders)](/religioustheory/posts/review-pilgrimage-and-world-a-review-of-joseph-riveras-the-contemplative-self-after-michel-henry-michael-saunders/) June 29, 2017 — By [Michael Saunders](/authors/michael-saunders/) Reviews *Rivera, Joseph. The Contemplative Self After Michel Henry: A Phenomenological Theology. Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0268040605. 408 pages [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-pilgrimage-and-world-a-review-of-joseph-riveras-the-contemplative-self-after-michel-henry-michael-saunders/) ![Review – Mysticism As Language Game (Adam Loch)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/06/img_1533.webp) ### [Review – Mysticism As Language Game (Adam Loch)](/religioustheory/posts/review-mysticism-as-language-game-adam-loch/) June 15, 2017 — By [Adam Loch](/authors/adam-loch/) Reviews *Tugendhat, Ernst. Egocentricity and Mysticism: An Anthropological Study. Translated by Alexei Procyshyn and Mario Wenning ISBN-10: 0231169124. It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-mysticism-as-language-game-adam-loch/) ← Newer Page 10 of 16 Older → [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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