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If you are having trouble, please email us It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/embodiment-a-conference-on-the-crisis-in-contemporary-theory-and-the-humanities-announcement/) ![Debriefing On Decoloniality – A Public Conversation, Part 2](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/nama_man_greeting_us_3693359757.webp) ### [Debriefing On Decoloniality – A Public Conversation, Part 2](/religioustheory/posts/debriefing-on-decoloniality-a-public-conversation-part-2/) June 22, 2021 — By editors Part 2 continues the debrief transcript, sharpening arguments about decoloniality, epistemic rupture, and institutional practice across regional and The [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/debriefing-on-decoloniality-a-public-conversation-part-2/) ![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 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/) ![Inventing Afterlives – Review (Camille Grace Leon Angelo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/anna_sahlsten_-_passage-1.webp) ### [Inventing Afterlives – Review (Camille Grace Leon Angelo)](/religioustheory/posts/inventing-afterlives-review-camille-grace-leon-angelo/) October 22, 2018 — By Camille Grace Leon Angelo Janes, Regina M. Inventing Afterlives: The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2018. 384 pages 384 pages. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/inventing-afterlives-review-camille-grace-leon-angelo/) ![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 – French Perceptions of Muslim Sexuality (Trevor Wolff)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/ira_giotto.webp) ### [Review – French Perceptions of Muslim Sexuality (Trevor Wolff)](/religioustheory/posts/review-french-perceptions-of-muslim-sexuality-trevor-wolff/) January 5, 2018 — By Trevor Wolff Mack, Mehammed Amadeus. Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. New York City NY: Fordham University Press, 2017 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-french-perceptions-of-muslim-sexuality-trevor-wolff/) ![Looking For Reviewers](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/04/woman-face-in-shadow.webp) ### [Looking For Reviewers](/religioustheory/posts/new-book-titles-looking-for-reviewers/) January 2, 2018 — By editors We are looking for authors to review the a variety books in different topic areas related to religious and cultural theory It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/new-book-titles-looking-for-reviewers/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/blake_jacobsladder.webp) ### [The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-3-carl-raschke/) July 19, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke This article is the last of three installments. 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