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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-2/) ![Review – Donovan Schaefer’s Call For a Materialist Turn In Religious Theory (Jonathan Russell)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/busy-fall.webp) ### [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](/authors/jonathan-russell/) Reviews Philosophy Theology *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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-donovan-schaefers-call-for-a-materialist-turn-in-religious-theory/) ![Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 1 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/2-5.webp) ### [Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 1 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-1/) May 31, 2016 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Political Theology World Religions The term “political theology” is currently used in a variety of ways in current debate over the place of liberalism amid world crises in politics and It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-1/) ![Biopolitics and Vajrayana Buddhism, Part 1 (Padraic Fitzgerald)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/buddhistprayerflagsinnepalatopstupawithbuddhawisdomeyesbykarnevilflickr.webp) ### [Biopolitics and Vajrayana Buddhism, Part 1 (Padraic Fitzgerald)](/religioustheory/posts/biopolitics-and-vajranayana-buddhism-part-1/) May 27, 2016 — By [Padraic Fitzgerald](/authors/padraic-fitzgerald/) Political Theology World Religions Philosophy Biopolitics, as Michel Foucault argued, views populations through an economic lens, as capital to be preserved and multiplied to keep the nation or tradition [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/biopolitics-and-vajranayana-buddhism-part-1/) ![Theodicy of Money – The Scene and Subject of Forgiveness (Timothy Snediker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/mammon_and_his_slave.webp) ### [Theodicy of Money – The Scene and Subject of Forgiveness (Timothy Snediker)](/religioustheory/posts/theodicy-of-money-the-scene-and-subject-of-forgiveness/) May 18, 2016 — By [Timothy Snediker](/authors/timothy-snediker/) Religion and Economics Political Theology Today the question of debt forgiveness has become an eminently practical, not to mention political, question. From sovereign debt crises in Greece, Spain [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/theodicy-of-money-the-scene-and-subject-of-forgiveness/) ![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](/editors/) Book Previews and Prospectuses Uncategorized Announcements Conferences Critical Theory 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](/editors/) Philosophy Reviews Political Theology Uncategorized *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](/editors/) Book Previews and Prospectuses Uncategorized Critical Theory 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/) ![More Sympathy for the Devil, or The State of Satan in The Age of Obama and Trump](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/satan-comedy.gif) ### [More Sympathy for the Devil, or The State of Satan in The Age of Obama and Trump](/religioustheory/posts/more-sympathy-for-the-devil-or-the-state-of-satan-in-the-age-of-obama-and-trump/) May 1, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) New Religions Religion and Media Fifty years ago this weekend in the year 1966, according to lore and legend, San Francisco showman, musician, and self-professed huckster Howard Stanton Levey [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/more-sympathy-for-the-devil-or-the-state-of-satan-in-the-age-of-obama-and-trump/) ![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](/editors/) Critical Theory Philosophy of Religion Philosophical Theology Theology > 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-1/) ![Review – Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology Of Insurrection/Resurrection For Our Times](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/lightning_strikes_volcano.webp) ### [Review – Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology Of Insurrection/Resurrection For Our Times](/religioustheory/posts/review-carl-raschkes-force-of-god-hammers-out-a-political-theology-of-insurrection-resurrection-for-our-times/) April 20, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Reviews Philosophy of Religion Raschke, Carl. Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. ISBN-978-0231-17384-1 It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-carl-raschkes-force-of-god-hammers-out-a-political-theology-of-insurrection-resurrection-for-our-times/) ![Review – Jean-Pierre Couture Brings To Life The Ongoing Oeuvre of Peter Sloterdijk](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/open_no09_djong_02_walkingcity.webp) ### [Review – Jean-Pierre Couture Brings To Life The Ongoing Oeuvre of Peter Sloterdijk](/religioustheory/posts/review-jean-pierre-couture-brings-to-life-for-first-time-the-entire-works-of-sloterdijk/) April 15, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Reviews *Couture, Jean-Pierre. Sloterdijk (Key Contemporary Thinkers). Boston: Polity, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN-10: 0745663818. Hardback, paperback, e-book, 208 pages [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-jean-pierre-couture-brings-to-life-for-first-time-the-entire-works-of-sloterdijk/) ![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](/editors/) Author Reflections Book Previews and Prospectuses Uncategorized 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/) ![Renegade Hinduism Scholar Featured In Norton’s Anthology of World Religions](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/ilaiah.webp) ### [Renegade Hinduism Scholar Featured In Norton’s Anthology of World Religions](/religioustheory/posts/renegade-hinduism-scholar-featured-in-nortons-anthology-of-world-religions/) April 8, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Reviews World Religions Philosophy of Religion The just-released, multi-volume Norton Anthology of World Religions is a major project of substance undertaken by a group of world-renowned scholars in [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/renegade-hinduism-scholar-featured-in-nortons-anthology-of-world-religions/) ![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](/editors/) Book Previews and Prospectuses Author Reflections Uncategorized 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/) ![Recovering the Unconscious – A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion – CFP](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/freud-and-clutter.webp) ### [Recovering the Unconscious – A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion – CFP](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-and-presentation-recovering-the-unconcious-a-conference-on-the-intersection-of-psychoanalysis-with-politics-philosophy-and-religion/) April 2, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Conferences Announcements A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Sponsored by the University of Denver and the Colorado Analytic Forum [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-and-presentation-recovering-the-unconcious-a-conference-on-the-intersection-of-psychoanalysis-with-politics-philosophy-and-religion/) ![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](/editors/) Book Previews and Prospectuses Author Reflections Uncategorized 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/) ![Plundering A Theory of Trauma – Confessions of A Novice Author on Lacan and Theology](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/andalou1.webp) ### [Plundering A Theory of Trauma – Confessions of A Novice Author on Lacan and Theology](/religioustheory/posts/plundering-a-theory-of-trauma-confessions-of-a-novice-author-on-lacan-and-theology/) March 23, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Author Reflections Book Previews and Prospectuses Nietzsche’s advice to young authors was to never admit error, for our critics will neither give an inch nor forgive our humility in siding against ourselves [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/plundering-a-theory-of-trauma-confessions-of-a-novice-author-on-lacan-and-theology/) ![Review Essay – Peter Sloterdijk on Social Bonds, Freedom, and Religion](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/peter-sloterdijk.webp) ### [Review Essay – Peter Sloterdijk on Social Bonds, Freedom, and Religion](/religioustheory/posts/review-essay-peter-sloterdijk-on-social-bonds-freedom-and-religion/) March 10, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Reviews The English reception of Peter Sloterdijk has been ambivalent at best, relying largely on hearsay from European interlocutors (Žižek especially) or gossip about [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-essay-peter-sloterdijk-on-social-bonds-freedom-and-religion/) ![NOTATIONS – The “Unacculturable” – Refugee Flux Spurs Crisis of European Belief](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/syrian-refugees.webp) ### [NOTATIONS – The “Unacculturable” – Refugee Flux Spurs Crisis of European Belief](/religioustheory/posts/notations-the-unacculturable-refugee-flux-spurs-crisis-of-european-belief/) March 6, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Notations This Notations piece analyzes how refugee discourse destabilizes European self-understanding, linking cultural panic, theological residue, and political [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/notations-the-unacculturable-refugee-flux-spurs-crisis-of-european-belief/) ![NOTATIONS – Agamben’s Homo Sacer, Refugees, and the Crisis of European Values](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/refugee_march_hungary_2015-09-04_02.webp) ### [NOTATIONS – Agamben’s Homo Sacer, Refugees, and the Crisis of European Values](/religioustheory/posts/notations-agambens-homo-sacer-refugees-and-the-crisis-of-european-values/) March 3, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Notations This Notations essay reads refugee politics through Agamben's Homo Sacer, examining sovereignty, exception, and the moral crisis revealed by Europe's border [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/notations-agambens-homo-sacer-refugees-and-the-crisis-of-european-values/) ![The Secularizing Ethos and the End of Biblical Authority – How Today’s Evangelicals Abandoned Evangelicalism](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/illustrations_to_dantes_divine_comedy_object_44_butlin_812-42_the_baffled_devils_fighting.webp) ### [The Secularizing Ethos and the End of Biblical Authority – How Today’s Evangelicals Abandoned Evangelicalism](/religioustheory/posts/the-secularizing-ethos-and-the-end-of-biblical-authority-how-todays-evangelicals-abandoned-evangelicalism/) March 2, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Religion in America So reads the title of a recent article in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The author, Jim Hinch, begins his piece with the conversion story of A. J J. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-secularizing-ethos-and-the-end-of-biblical-authority-how-todays-evangelicals-abandoned-evangelicalism/) ![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](/editors/) Conferences Announcements Uncategorized 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/) ![Life As Art – Aesthetic Virtue and Moral Obligation](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/cezanne-still-life-with-flower-holder-1905-trivium-art-history.webp) ### [Life As Art – Aesthetic Virtue and Moral Obligation](/religioustheory/posts/life-as-art-aesthetic-virtue-and-moral-obligation/) February 24, 2016 — By [editors](/editors/) Ethics and Virtue Theory Virtue ethics has received much attention throughout the last decades. While some of the corresponding works are dealing with questions of aesthetics, there [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/life-as-art-aesthetic-virtue-and-moral-obligation/) ![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](/editors/) Announcements Psychoanalysis Theological Ethics Conferences Uncategorized Difficult Discussions 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/) ← Newer Page 14 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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