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The first can be found here. The entire article appears in Issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/trauma-in-emmanuel-levinas-writing-body-part-2-magdalena-sedmak/) ![Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 2 (Rebekah Howes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/hegel-dancing.webp) ### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 2 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-2-rebekah-howes/) January 30, 2023 — By Rebekah Howes The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The earlier article by Prof. Hyman to which the author replies can be found [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-2-rebekah-howes/) ![The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 2 (Michael C. Raubach)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/11/abrahams_sacrifice_the_sacrifice_of_isaac_met_dp888579-1119x642.webp) ### [The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 2 (Michael C. Raubach)](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-part-2-michael-c-raubach/) November 18, 2021 — By Michael C. Raubach The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here Is it not true, though, that many individuals of different races, creeds, and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-part-2-michael-c-raubach/) ![The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 1 (Michael C. Raubach)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/11/800px-wandbild_portrait_george_floyd_von_eme_street_art_im_mauerpark_berlin.webp) ### [The Unbroken Middle: Overcoming The Empty Sacrifices Of Modernity With Gillian Rose And Paul, Part 1 (Michael C. Raubach)](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-michael-c-raubach/) November 4, 2021 — By Michael C. Raubach In her 1992 masterpiece, The Broken Middle, the philosopher Gillian Rose explored what she saw as a baleful crisis of ethics in modern political discourse [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-unbroken-middle-overcoming-the-empty-sacrifices-of-modernity-with-gillian-rose-and-paul-michael-c-raubach/) ![The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 2 (W. Travis McMaken)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/08/img_5070-1.webp) ### [The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 2 (W. Travis McMaken)](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-2-w-travis-mcmaken/) August 23, 2020 — By W. Travis Mcmaken The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Reflecting on the development of Bonhoeffer’s ethical thought, Rasmussen notes [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-2-w-travis-mcmaken/) ![The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 1 (W. Travis McMaken)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/08/dietrich_bonhoeffer_und_wilhelm_rott_um_1938.webp) ### [The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 1 (W. Travis McMaken)](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-1-w-travis-mcmaken/) August 17, 2020 — By W. Travis Mcmaken The following is the first of a two-part series. The life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer quickly captured the imagination of theologians, clergy, and lay [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-1-w-travis-mcmaken/) ![John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part I (Eric Trozzo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/style-head-of-saint-john-the-baptist-by-an-anonymous-spanish-painter-c-1600-1650-cleveland-museum-of-art-ballpoint-0-4mp.webp) ### [John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic, Part I (Eric Trozzo)](/religioustheory/posts/john-the-possibilizer-the-promise-of-a-kearnian-baptismal-hermeneutic-part-i-eric-trozzo/) January 21, 2018 — By Eric Trozzo The wild hair, the scratchy clothing, the grit and body odor, and the exotic diet. All of these images typically come to mind when one mentions John the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/john-the-possibilizer-the-promise-of-a-kearnian-baptismal-hermeneutic-part-i-eric-trozzo/) ![Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 2 (Raji Singh Soni)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/08/the_sea.webp) ### [Traversing W.H. Auden’s Religious And Aesthetic States, Part 2 (Raji Singh Soni)](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-2-raji-singh-soni/) August 4, 2017 — By Raji Singh Soni The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Used by Auden in concert with “limitation” to qualify [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/traversing-w-h-audens-religious-and-aesthetic-states-part-2-raji-singh-soni/) ![Review – Judith Butler And The Different “Senses” Of The Subject (Matthew Waggoner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/20897035259_73d12d6fb3_b.webp) ### [Review – Judith Butler And The Different “Senses” Of The Subject (Matthew Waggoner)](/religioustheory/posts/review-judith-butler-and-the-different-senses-of-the-subject-matthew-waggoner/) January 9, 2017 — By Matthew Waggoner Note: This review is also published simultaneously in the PDF special issue of JCRT 16.1. *Butler, Judith. Senses of the Subject Senses of the Subject. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-judith-butler-and-the-different-senses-of-the-subject-matthew-waggoner/) ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/public-domain-images-free-stock-photos-wedding-dress-outdoors-green-grass-wisteria-vines.webp) ### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) September 13, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt The following is the second installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/) ![Life As Art – Aesthetic Virtue and Moral Obligation](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/cezanne-still-life-with-flower-holder-1905-trivium-art-history.webp) ### [Life As Art – Aesthetic Virtue and Moral Obligation](/religioustheory/posts/life-as-art-aesthetic-virtue-and-moral-obligation/) February 24, 2016 — By editors Virtue ethics has received much attention throughout the last decades. 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