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Its stock characters lack the degree of interiority required [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-1-paul-maltby/) ![Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/02/1599px-ethiopian_mothers_with_babies.webp) ### [Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context-part-2-rode-molla/) February 4, 2020 — By [Rode Molla](/authors/rode-molla/) Postcolonial Theory Indigenous Religions Theology The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Foucault, in his book, Discipline, and Punish, describes how the human body is [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context-part-2-rode-molla/) ![Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/adoua_1.webp) ### [Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context/) January 30, 2020 — By [Rode Molla](/authors/rode-molla/) Postcolonial Theory Indigenous Religions In 1896 Ethiopians defeated the Italian military and defended their border. That made Ethiopia the only black nation that defended its border in the era of [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context/) ![Review -- What is Real? (Filippo Pietrogrande)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/posthumanism.webp) ### [Review -- What is Real? (Filippo Pietrogrande)](/religioustheory/posts/review-what-is-real-filippo-pietrogrande/) January 24, 2020 — By [Filippo Pietrogrande](/authors/filippo-pietrogrande/) Reviews Giorgio Agamben. What is Real? Trans. Lorenzo Chiesa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 88 pages. ISBN: 978-1-5036-0737-8 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-what-is-real-filippo-pietrogrande/) ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/lacanja_burn_crop.webp) ### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-2-matt-rosen/) January 21, 2020 — By [Matt Rosen](/authors/matt-rosen/) Political Philosophy Announcements Political Theology Political Theory Critical Theory Globalization The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The recasting of the field of three against the field of two, which is the field [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-2-matt-rosen/) ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/zapatismo_picture_marcos.webp) ### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) January 14, 2020 — By [Matt Rosen](/authors/matt-rosen/) Political Philosophy Announcements Critical Theory Globalization Political Theology Political Theory On the first of January 1994, as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/buchcover-1572453224d0o.webp) ### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/) January 5, 2020 — By [Gavin Hurley](/authors/gavin-hurley/) Aesthetics Catholicism Philosophy of Religion The following is the second of a two-part-series. The first can be read here. What specifically sets horror apart from other genres such as fantasy and science [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/) ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/12/ossuary-bones.webp) ### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-gavin-hurley/) December 29, 2019 — By [Gavin Hurley](/authors/gavin-hurley/) Aesthetics Catholicism Philosophy of Religion Catholic horror—horror fiction that integrates Catholic perspectives into the fiction itself—is often be seen by Catholics to be incompatible with the mission [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-gavin-hurley/) ![Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/bhutan-3639580_960_720.webp) ### [Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)](/religioustheory/posts/review-genealogies-of-mahayana-buddhism-ananda-abeysekara/) October 23, 2019 — By [Ananda Abeysekara](/authors/ananda-abeysekara/) Critical Theory Reviews Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN:... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-genealogies-of-mahayana-buddhism-ananda-abeysekara/) ![From The Gift Of Mortality To The Name Of God (Jakob Helmut Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/09/paolo_uccello_cacciata_dal_paradiso_terrestre_e_storie_di_caino_e_abele_1430-40_ca-_09_caino_e_abele_bambini.webp) ### [From The Gift Of Mortality To The Name Of God (Jakob Helmut Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-the-gift-of-mortality-to-the-name-of-god-jakob-helmut-deibl/) September 23, 2019 — By [Jakob Deibl](/authors/jakob-deibl/) Theology Philosophy of Religion The following is a continuation of a series of articles corresponding to chapters of the book Preis der Sterblichkeit: Christentum und Neuer Humanismus [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-the-gift-of-mortality-to-the-name-of-god-jakob-helmut-deibl/) ![Christianity As A New Humanism – Historical, Theological, And Philosophical Reflections On The Bible, Hegel, And Robert Musil, Part 4 (Kurt Appel)](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Christianity As A New Humanism – Historical, Theological, And Philosophical Reflections On The Bible, Hegel, And Robert Musil, Part 4 (Kurt Appel)](/religioustheory/posts/christianity-as-a-new-humanism/) September 13, 2019 — By [Kurt Appel](/authors/kurt-appel/) Explore this latest article from our religious theory archive... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/christianity-as-a-new-humanism/) ![The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/08/vassily_kandinsky_1923_-_composition_8_huile_sur_toile_140_cm_x_201_cm_musee_guggenheim_new_york.webp) ### [The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/) August 6, 2019 — By [Jean-Luc Marion](/authors/jean-luc-marion/) Philosophy of Religion Theology Reviews Of that which we cannot speak, must we remain silent? Probably—especially if we understand why we cannot say anything about it, and have good reason for not [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/) ![Speaking Of God’s Presence As Non-Contrastive Transcendent Distinction (Joyce Konigsburg)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/08/964px-angel_of_the_divine_presence_bringing_eve_to_adam_the_creation_of_eve-__and_she_shall_be_called_woman_recto_sketch_for_the_same_verso_met_dp805381.webp) ### [Speaking Of God’s Presence As Non-Contrastive Transcendent Distinction (Joyce Konigsburg)](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-of-gods-presence-as-non-contrastive-transcendent-distinction-joyce-konigsburg/) July 28, 2019 — By [Joyce Konigsburg](/authors/joyce-konigsburg/) Philosophical Theology To speak or not to speak of God is an important yet rather uncomfortable question that participants encounter during interreligious and interdisciplinary [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-of-gods-presence-as-non-contrastive-transcendent-distinction-joyce-konigsburg/) ![Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/07/lome_fetish_market1.webp) ### [Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-2-roger-green/) July 16, 2019 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Anthropology of Religion Art Theory The following is the second of a two-part series. The initial installment can be found here. Although we must constantly remember that the fetish is the product [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-2-roger-green/) ![Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 1 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/07/fetiche_ewe-togo_2.webp) ### [Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 1 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-1-roger-green/) July 8, 2019 — By [Roger K. Green](/authors/roger-k-green/) Anthropology of Religion Art Theory The following is the first of a two-part series. The second installment can be found here. The concept of fetishism has a special place within the long history [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-1-roger-green/) ![Kenosis, Emancipation, Pastness – Reflections From A Jew, Part 2 (Sarah Pessin)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/07/1599px-jewish_star_star_of_david_6002048043.webp) ### [Kenosis, Emancipation, Pastness – Reflections From A Jew, Part 2 (Sarah Pessin)](/religioustheory/posts/kenosis-emancipation-pastness-reflections-from-a-jew-part-2-sarah-pessin/) July 1, 2019 — By [Sarah Pessin](/authors/sarah-pessin/) Interfaith Conversations Emphasized in a temporalized modality, and bringing together elements of our phenomenological and political reflections above, we may specifically unpack the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/kenosis-emancipation-pastness-reflections-from-a-jew-part-2-sarah-pessin/) ![Kenosis, Emancipation, Pastness – Reflections From A Jew, Part 1 (Sarah Pessin)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/06/jewish-woman-free-image.webp) ### [Kenosis, Emancipation, Pastness – Reflections From A Jew, Part 1 (Sarah Pessin)](/religioustheory/posts/kenosis-emancipation-pastness-reflections-from-a-jew-part-1-sarah-pessin/) June 22, 2019 — By [Sarah Pessin](/authors/sarah-pessin/) Interfaith Conversations The following is the first of a two-part installment. This article can also be downloaded in PDF format from the Spring 2019 issue (Vol. 18, No 18, No. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/kenosis-emancipation-pastness-reflections-from-a-jew-part-1-sarah-pessin/) ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 3 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/06/img_4448.webp) ### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 3 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-3-gavin-hyman/) June 8, 2019 — By [Gavin Hyman](/authors/gavin-hyman/) Philosophy of Religion Theology The following is the last installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. The second one can be found here. As Thomas A As Thomas A. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-3-gavin-hyman/) ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 2 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/slavoj_zizek_2011.webp) ### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 2 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-2-gavin-hyman/) May 31, 2019 — By [Gavin Hyman](/authors/gavin-hyman/) Philosophy of Religion Reviews The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Slavoj Žižek’s return to God in the context of his wider return [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-2-gavin-hyman/) ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/hegel_by_kugler_retouched.webp) ### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-1-gavin-hyman/) May 24, 2019 — By [Gavin Hyman](/authors/gavin-hyman/) Philosophy of Religion Lutheran Theology Theology Philosophical Theology Among recent developments in continental philosophy and religious thought, one of the most prominent has been a ‘return to Hegel.’ It has been exemplified in [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-1-gavin-hyman/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/img_4233.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/) May 17, 2019 — By [Jakob Deibl](/authors/jakob-deibl/) Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second one here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/1920px-la_campina_romana1639_claude_lorrain.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl/) May 7, 2019 — By [Jakob Deibl](/authors/jakob-deibl/) Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl Translated by Philipp Schlögl. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl/) ![Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/kirsh_1-071014.webp) ### [Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) April 30, 2019 — By [editors](/editors/) Announcements Critical Theory Cultural Theory Political Theology Political Theory What does Walter Benjamin’s work suggest about religion and the methods of studying it? This special issue of The Journal for Cultural and Religious Studies [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/hoelderlin.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/) April 30, 2019 — By [Jakob Deibl](/authors/jakob-deibl/) Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion Catholicism The following is the first installment of a three-part series. Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Friederich Hölderlin’s famous quote “Thus all Religion would be [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/) ![Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/j-edwards.webp) ### [Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](/religioustheory/posts/jonathan-edwards-and-the-vegan-elect-an-unconventional-calvinist-reading-part-1/) April 23, 2019 — By [Tadd Ruetenik](/authors/tadd-ruetenik/) Theology Postcolonial Theory Psychoanalysis In 1895, when Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity School of Christianity, first became a vegetarian, she said that “the appetite left me without my even [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/jonathan-edwards-and-the-vegan-elect-an-unconventional-calvinist-reading-part-1/) ← Newer Page 7 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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