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In sum, Boff proposes that a person is an indivisible body-soul [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/thomas-aquinass-body-soul-dualism-and-the-hierarchy-of-human-dignity-in-brazil-theological-origins-of-a-nations-self-understanding-part-3-vinicius-marinho/) ![Thomas Aquinas’s Body-Soul Dualism And The Hierarchy Of Human Dignity in Brazil – Theological Origins Of A Nation’s Self-Understanding, Part 1 (Vinicius Marinho)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/08/menina_da_etnia_terena-1.webp) ### [Thomas Aquinas’s Body-Soul Dualism And The Hierarchy Of Human Dignity in Brazil – Theological Origins Of A Nation’s Self-Understanding, Part 1 (Vinicius Marinho)](/religioustheory/posts/thomas-aquinass-body-soul-dualism-and-the-hierarchy-of-human-dignity-in-brazil-theological-origins-of-a-nations-hierarchical-self-understanding-part-1-vinicius-marinho/) August 3, 2021 — By Vinicius Marinho “Manda quem pode, obedece quem tem juízo” is an old Brazilian proverb. It synthetizes, in two clauses, the dominant value of the Brazilian political culture: [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/thomas-aquinass-body-soul-dualism-and-the-hierarchy-of-human-dignity-in-brazil-theological-origins-of-a-nations-hierarchical-self-understanding-part-1-vinicius-marinho/) ![Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-14-at-11-56-23-am.webp) ### [Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-1-florian-klug/) June 28, 2021 — By Florian Klug The following is the first of a three-part series. It will appear as a full article in the Fall 2021 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-1-florian-klug/) ![Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 2 (Daniel Reiser)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/scheme_of_christian_kabbalism_from_heinrich_khunrath_amphiteatrum_sapientiae_aeternae_met_dp820686-1.webp) ### [Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 2 (Daniel Reiser)](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-2-daniel-reiser/) December 8, 2020 — By Daniel Reiser The following is the second of a four-part series. The first can be found here. Hasidism, which translated Kabbalah into psychological categories, was a target [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-2-daniel-reiser/) ![The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/08/vassily_kandinsky_1923_-_composition_8_huile_sur_toile_140_cm_x_201_cm_musee_guggenheim_new_york.webp) ### [The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/) August 6, 2019 — By Jean-Luc Marion Of that which we cannot speak, must we remain silent? Probably—especially if we understand why we cannot say anything about it, and have good reason for not [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/) ![God And Existence, Lecture 4 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/img_2603.webp) ### [God And Existence, Lecture 4 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-existence-lecture-4-johannes-zachhuber/) August 29, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber The following is the fourth lecture in an eight-part lecture series. Readers can also refer to lectures one, two, and three It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-existence-lecture-4-johannes-zachhuber/) ![Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 2 (Alan Jay Richard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/11/double_vac_line_front_view.webp) ### [Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 2 (Alan Jay Richard)](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-2-alan-jay-richard/) November 21, 2016 — By Alan Jay Richard The following is the second installment of a multi-part series. The first installment can be accessed here. As Tillich argues in the second dissertation, Kant [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-2-alan-jay-richard/) ![Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 1 (Alan Jay Richard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/11/public-domain-installation.webp) ### [Dreaming Innocence in America – Paul Tillich’s Radical Theology of Liberation, Part 1 (Alan Jay Richard)](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-1-alan-jay-richard/) November 7, 2016 — By Alan Jay Richard One of the challenges of liberation theology is to think the radical political and social liberation of the oppressed in a way that is truly this-worldly [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/dreaming-innocence-in-america-paul-tillichs-radical-theology-of-liberation-part-1-alan-jay-richard/) ![Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/transcendence.webp) ### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/) August 1, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson The following is the second of a two-part series. The first segment was published on July 25, 2016 and can be accessed here It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/) ![Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 1 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/no10-vangogh.webp) ### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 1 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-1-agata-bielik-robson/) July 25, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson This article is published in two parts. The second portion will appear on August 1. > I have set before you life and death: choose life. – Deuteronomy 30:19 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-1-agata-bielik-robson/) [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. Articles are open access under a [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license; authors retain copyright. Indexed by [EBSCO](https://www.ebsco.com/). Listed with [Duotrope](https://duotrope.com/magazine/journal-cultural-religious-theory-20464?ref=lst-7vbKB-7r3u0g8&pc=L-7VBKB). Website © The Whitestone Foundation dba The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 1999-2026. 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