Conferences

Speaking (Or Not Speaking) Of God – Call For Proposals

Speaking (Or Not Speaking) of God An Interdisciplinary Conference On The Dialectic Of Divine Presence And Absence When:  October 6-7, 2017 Where:  University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Sponsors:  Department of Religious Studies, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory Deadline for Proposals:  July 15, 2017 Contact:  editor.jcrt@gmail.com Since the philosopher Nietzsche announced the “death of God” […]

Political Theology Religion and Economics

Force in Religious Thought – Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue, Part 3 (Roger Green)

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. Carl Raschke and Force Carl Raschke’s most recent book, Force of God, seeks to address tendencies toward de-historicizing by returning to an idea of force. He does so through […]

Reviews

Review – Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology Of Insurrection/Resurrection For Our Times

Raschke, Carl.   Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy.  New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.  ISBN-978-0231-17384-1.  Hardback, e-book.  202 pages. Carl Raschke’s Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy is a provocative book, and it is likely to make some readers uncomfortable. Raschke is himself aware […]