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It is republished here with the permission of the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-heathen-to-sub-human-a-genealogy-of-the-influence-of-the-decline-of-religion-on-the-rise-of-modern-racism-part-1-oludamini-ogunnaike/) ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/public-domain-images-free-stock-photos-wedding-dress-outdoors-green-grass-wisteria-vines.webp) ### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) September 13, 2016 — By [Daniel Tutt](/authors/daniel-tutt/) Critical Theory Psychoanalysis Philosophy of Religion Announcements Cultural Theory Political Theology Political Theory The following is the second installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) ![Review – Of Politics and Motion (Joshua Lawrence)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/migrant-boat.webp) ### [Review – Of Politics and Motion (Joshua Lawrence)](/religioustheory/posts/review-of-politics-and-motion-joshua-lawrence/) September 8, 2016 — By [Joshua Lawrence](/authors/joshua-lawrence/) Reviews * Nail, Thomas. The Figure of the Migrant. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0804796580. 312 pages.* If the 21st century is indeed the century [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-of-politics-and-motion-joshua-lawrence/) ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/muses.webp) ### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-1-daniel-tutt/) September 5, 2016 — By [Daniel Tutt](/authors/daniel-tutt/) Critical Theory Psychoanalysis Announcements Globalization Political Philosophy Political Theology Political Theory The following is the first installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-1-daniel-tutt/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/debt-slave.webp) ### [A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) August 29, 2016 — By [Carl A. Raschke](/authors/carl-raschke/) Political Theology Critical Conversations The following is the second installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research Platform on Religion and Transformation from the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![Review – L.L. Welborn’s Synthesis of New Testament Scholarship and Critical Theory’s Recent Interest in the Apostle Paul (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/487px-caravaggio_-_conversione_di_san_paolo_odescalchi.webp) ### [Review – L.L. 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Paul’s Summons to Messianic Life: Political Theology and the Coming Awakening (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-l-l-welborns-synthesis-of-new-testament-scholarship-and-critical-theorys-recent-interest-in-the-apostle-paul-benjamin-steele-fisher/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/malabon-city.webp) ### [A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-1-carl-raschke/) August 22, 2016 — By [Carl A. Raschke](/authors/carl-raschke/) Political Theology Critical Conversations The following is the first installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research Platform on Religion and Transformation from the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![Review – Love’s Unfortunate Presence between Faith and Belief (Daniel Boscaljon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/phenomenological-psychology.webp) ### [Review – Love’s Unfortunate Presence between Faith and Belief (Daniel Boscaljon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-loves-unfortunate-presence-between-faith-and-belief-daniel-boscaljon/) August 18, 2016 — By [Daniel Boscaljon](/authors/daniel-boscaljon/) Reviews *Schrijvers, Joeri. Between Faith and Belief: Toward a Contemporary Phenomenology of Religious Life (SUNY Series in Theology and Continental Thought) It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-loves-unfortunate-presence-between-faith-and-belief-daniel-boscaljon/) ![Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 2 (Ronald Beiner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/thomas_abel_prior_-_queen_victoria_opening_the_1851_universal_exhibition_at_the_crystal_palace_in_london_-_google_art_project.webp) ### [Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 2 (Ronald Beiner)](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-part-2-ronald-beiner/) August 15, 2016 — By [Ronald Beiner](/authors/ronald-beiner/) Political Theology Critical Conversations Part 2 extends the Benjamin-Arendt comparison by testing judgment against crisis and memory, clarifying how historical rupture reshapes political discernment [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-part-2-ronald-beiner/) ![Review – Giorgio Agamben and the Theory of Civil War (Ignas Kalpokas)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/agamben.webp) ### [Review – Giorgio Agamben and the Theory of Civil War (Ignas Kalpokas)](/religioustheory/posts/review-giorgio-agamben-and-the-theory-of-civil-war-kalpokas/) August 11, 2016 — By [Ignas Kalpokas](/authors/ignas-kalpokas/) Reviews *Agamben, Giorgio. Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics). Translated by Nicholas Heron Translated by Nicholas Heron. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-giorgio-agamben-and-the-theory-of-civil-war-kalpokas/) ![Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 1 (Ronald Beiner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/benjamins-angel-of-history.webp) ### [Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 1 (Ronald Beiner)](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-ronald-beiner/) August 8, 2016 — By [Ronald Beiner](/authors/ronald-beiner/) Political Theology Philosophy Religion and Economics Part 1 traces how Walter Benjamin's theses on history inform Hannah Arendt's account of judgment, emphasizing temporality, critique, and political The [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-ronald-beiner/) ![Review – A Darker, Grittier Deleuze (Timothy Snediker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/gilles-deleuze-dr.webp) ### [Review – A Darker, Grittier Deleuze (Timothy Snediker)](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-darker-grittier-deleuze/) August 4, 2016 — By [Timothy Snediker](/authors/timothy-snediker/) Reviews World Religions *Culp, Andrew. Dark Deleuze (Forerunners: Ideas First). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. ISBN 10: 1517901332 Paperback, e-book It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-darker-grittier-deleuze/) ![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](/authors/agata-bielik-robson/) Philosophy of Religion Theology Aesthetics 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/) ![Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/psychedelic-therapy.webp) ### [Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america/) July 28, 2016 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Reviews * Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america/) ![Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 1 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/no10-vangogh.webp) ### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 1 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-1-agata-bielik-robson/) July 25, 2016 — By [Agata Bielik-Robson](/authors/agata-bielik-robson/) Philosophy of Religion Phenomenology Philosophical Theology This article is published in two parts. The second portion will appear on August 1. > I have set before you life and death: choose life. – Deuteronomy 30:19 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-1-agata-bielik-robson/) ![Review – Agamben’s Political Reading of the Trial of Jesus (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/pontius-pilate.webp) ### [Review – Agamben’s Political Reading of the Trial of Jesus (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/review-agambens-political-reading-of-the-trial-of-jesus/) July 21, 2016 — By [Ryne Beddard](/authors/ryne-beddard/) Reviews *Agamben, Giorgio. Pilate and Jesus (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics). Translated by Adam Kotsko. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-agambens-political-reading-of-the-trial-of-jesus/) ![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](/authors/gregg-lambert/) Critical Theory Announcements Globalization Political Philosophy Political Theology Political Theory Reviews Theory 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 – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/internet-handshake.webp) ### [Review – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)](/religioustheory/posts/review-digital-technologies-and-religion-in-the-postmodern-era/) July 14, 2016 — By [Albert McClure](/authors/albert-mcclure/) Religion and Media New Religions Religious Studies *Han, Sam. Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-Secular Modernity. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society 19 142 pages. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-digital-technologies-and-religion-in-the-postmodern-era/) ![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](/authors/gregg-lambert/) Critical Theory Uncategorized Announcements Cultural Theory Political Theology Political Theory 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 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](/authors/jeff-appel/) Reviews Theology Theory *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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-search-for-transcendence-in-the-material-phenomenology-of-david-foster-wallace/) ![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](/authors/jeffrey-scholes/) Reviews Uncategorized *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/) ![Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 3 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/nasa-space-colony-11.webp) ### [Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 3 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-3/) June 26, 2016 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Political Theology Religion and Economics Critical Conversations The following is the last of a three-part series. The first part was published on May 31, 2016. The second part was published on June 17 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-3/) ![Biopolitics and Vajrayana Buddhism, Part 3 (Padraic Fitzgerald)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/1418.webp) ### [Biopolitics and Vajrayana Buddhism, Part 3 (Padraic Fitzgerald)](/religioustheory/posts/biopolitics-and-vajrayana-buddhism-part-3/) June 21, 2016 — By [Padraic Fitzgerald](/authors/padraic-fitzgerald/) Political Theology World Religions The following is the third and final installment in a three-part series. The first installment was published on May 27, 2016 and can be found here It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/biopolitics-and-vajrayana-buddhism-part-3/) ![Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 2 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/storytelling.webp) ### [Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 2 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-2/) June 17, 2016 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Political Theology The following is the second of a three-part series. The first part was published on May 31, 2016. It is especially significant that Heidegger’s attention to the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-2/) ![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](/authors/ryne-beddard/) Reviews Uncategorized *Badiou, Alain (with Nicolas Truong). In Praise of Theatre. New York: Polity, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-7456-8697-4. 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