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Raschke Almost a half century ago a change took place in the humanities, and by extension in the fledgling field of religious studies It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/allee_jacques_derrida_-_paris_vi_fr75_-_2021-07-29_-_1-1200x642.webp) ### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-3-jake-sirota/) February 23, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota The following is the third of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Derrida’s suspicion of and discomfort with the seemingly [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-3-jake-sirota/) ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/img_1464-1.webp) ### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-3-neal-deroo/) July 11, 2018 — By Neal Deroo The following is the third installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second here. But one could embrace another prevalence for [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-3-neal-deroo/) ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 2 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/praghaus.webp) ### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 2 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-2-neal-deroo/) July 3, 2018 — By Neal Deroo The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. If deconstruction problematizes the idea of a ‘pure’ logical [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-2-neal-deroo/) ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 1 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/jacques-derrida.webp) ### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 1 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-1-neal-deroo/) June 26, 2018 — By Neal Deroo On the surface, the debate between John D. Caputo and Martin Hägglund in the Spring 2011 edition of The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory seems to be a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-1-neal-deroo/) ![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 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/) ![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 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/) ![Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?](/religioustheory/live/obama-s-cairo-speech-new-beginning-new-enlightenment-or-old/) June 5, 2009 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke analyzes Obama's Cairo speech as a bid for renewed relations between Islam and the West, testing its promise against Enlightenment aporias. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/obama-s-cairo-speech-new-beginning-new-enlightenment-or-old/) ![Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment](/religioustheory/live/dis-enclosure-and-the-inaugural-moment/) January 22, 2009 — By Carl A. Raschke Carl A. Raschke reads Obama's inauguration beside Jean-Luc Nancy's Dis-Enclosure, asking how event, faith, Christianity, and the future resist philosophy. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/dis-enclosure-and-the-inaugural-moment/) [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. ISSN 1530-5228. 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