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Ever since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the late spring of 2020 at the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lets-get-real-about-race-two-very-timely-upcoming-online-seminars-announcement/) ![Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/dd-l.webp) ### [Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcement/) July 26, 2021 — By editors When: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10 am-12 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) Register for online seminar: It highlights key arguments and implications for [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/the_kiss_klimt-1.webp) ### [Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/) June 4, 2021 — By editors When: Tuesday, June 29, 10am Mountain Standard Time How: Zoom. 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Please register at the following link below It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/05/aamidor-on-chuck-taylor-image-2.webp) ### [Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-9-economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-announcement/) April 19, 2021 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the ninth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-9-economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/wmignolo.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-on-decoloniality-with-walter-mignolo-announcement/) December 29, 2020 — By editors An earlier version of this posting had the date listed as “December,” which would imply the webinar had already occurred It highlights key arguments and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-on-decoloniality-with-walter-mignolo-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/legend.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcement/) November 18, 2020 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the fifth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/crisis-city.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcement/) November 3, 2020 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the fourth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcement/) ![Critical Conversations -“Subjectivities Since The Sixties” (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/09/man-male-tshirt-fashion-1.webp) ### [Critical Conversations -“Subjectivities Since The Sixties” (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/3343/) September 21, 2020 — By editors Participants are invited to join us live in the second of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/3343/) ![Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/the_conquest_of_tenochtitlan.webp) ### [Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/3288/) July 30, 2020 — By editors “Critical Conversations” is an ongoing initiative of Whitestone Publications. The main sponsor of the current series is The New Polis It highlights key [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/3288/) ![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 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/) ![Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/max-weber.webp) ### [Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/) June 19, 2018 — By Joel Harrison This article was initially published in The New Polis, March 23, 2018. In his essay “The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion,” Donald Wiebe [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/) ![Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/unnamed-14.webp) ### [Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](/religioustheory/posts/announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thought/) March 16, 2018 — By editors The directors of The Whitestone Foundation, the Colorado-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that has published The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thought/) ![Review – Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities (Dean Dettloff)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/img_1445.webp) ### [Review – Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities (Dean Dettloff)](/religioustheory/posts/review-ontic-flows-from-digital-humanities-to-posthumanities-dean-dettloff/) May 25, 2017 — By Dean Dettloff *Bernico, Matt, and Kölke, Manuela (Eds.). Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities. New York: Atropos Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 1940813085 It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-ontic-flows-from-digital-humanities-to-posthumanities-dean-dettloff/) ![Review – Badiou Is Not Afraid of The Dark (Mason Davis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/02/badiou.webp) ### [Review – Badiou Is Not Afraid of The Dark (Mason Davis)](/religioustheory/posts/review-badiou-is-not-afraid-of-the-dark-mason-davis/) February 2, 2017 — By Mason Davis *Badiou, Alain. Black: The Brilliance of a Non-Color. Translated by Susan Spitzer. New Jersey: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 1509512071. Hardcover, paperback, e-book [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-badiou-is-not-afraid-of-the-dark-mason-davis/) ![Review – Aaron Hughes’ ‘Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity’ (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/hajj.webp) ### [Review – Aaron Hughes’ ‘Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity’ (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/exposing-the-pitfalls-of-constructive-theology-on-the-state-of-islamic-studies-today-daniel-tutt/) September 22, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt *Hughes, Aaron. Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity: An Inquiry into Disciplinary Apologetics and Self-Deception. London: Equinox Publishing, 2016 It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/exposing-the-pitfalls-of-constructive-theology-on-the-state-of-islamic-studies-today-daniel-tutt/) ![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. Welborn’s Synthesis of New Testament Scholarship and Critical Theory’s Recent Interest in the Apostle Paul (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](/religioustheory/posts/review-l-l-welborns-synthesis-of-new-testament-scholarship-and-critical-theorys-recent-interest-in-the-apostle-paul-benjamin-steele-fisher/) August 25, 2016 — By Benjamin Steele-Fisher *Welborn, Larry L. 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/) ![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 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 – 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 *Couture, Jean-Pierre. Sloterdijk (Key Contemporary Thinkers). Boston: Polity, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN-10: 0745663818. 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