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Beyond the question of metaphor and reality, the greatest [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-3-daniel-reiser/) ![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 Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 1 (J. Edward Hackett)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/04/scheler_max.webp) ### [The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 1 (J. Edward Hackett)](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-j-edward-hackett/) April 16, 2020 — By J. Edward Hackett Before explicating the underlying structure of Scheler’s panentheism, I wanted to take some time and explain what Scheler’s phenomenological method entails and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-j-edward-hackett/) ![Lacan And Pneumatology (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/03/catholicism_benedictine_monastery_god_christ_jesus_virgin_mary_christianity-569944.webp) ### [Lacan And Pneumatology (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-and-pneumatology-mark-murphy/) March 22, 2020 — By Mark Murphy There has been much work on Lacan in describing his relationship to a Christological theology. We see this in work such as Žižek’s The Fragile Absolute and also [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-and-pneumatology-mark-murphy/) ![The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 2 (Paul Maltby)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/03/1280px-last_judgement_michelangelo.webp) ### [The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 2 (Paul Maltby)](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-2-paul-maltby/) February 25, 2020 — By Paul Maltby The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. End Times fiction’s unrelenting focus on human sinfulness and unworthiness, a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-2-paul-maltby/) ![The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 1 (Paul Maltby)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/02/doctor_who_experience_3998731216.webp) ### [The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 1 (Paul Maltby)](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-1-paul-maltby/) February 18, 2020 — By Paul Maltby A flaw at the heart of End Times fiction gravely weakens its credibility as Christian literature. Its stock characters lack the degree of interiority required [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-1-paul-maltby/) ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/img_1270.webp) ### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-2-mark-murphy/) August 8, 2018 — By Mark Murphy The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. What Does Lacan Mean When He Says That Spiritual Direction is a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-2-mark-murphy/) ![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/) ![Review – The Ethics Of Time (Matthew Clemente)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/04/vasnetsov_samolet.webp) ### [Review – The Ethics Of Time (Matthew Clemente)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-ethics-of-time-matthew-clemente/) April 17, 2018 — By Matthew Clemente The Ethics of Time. Manoussakis, John. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781474299169. Hardback. 232 pages. John Manoussakis’s latest book, The Ethics of [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-ethics-of-time-matthew-clemente/) ![Prayer After The Death Of God, Part I (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/the-praying-jew.webp) ### [Prayer After The Death Of God, Part I (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-i-ashley-gay-graham/) February 11, 2018 — By Ashley Graham > Metaphysics is onto-theo-logy. Someone who has experienced theology in his own roots, both the theology of the Christian faith and that of philosophy, would [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-i-ashley-gay-graham/) ![Time Emptied And Time Renewed – The Dominion Of Capital And A Theo-Politics Of Contretemps, Part 1 (Daniel Rhodes)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/12/capitalism_0.webp) ### [Time Emptied And Time Renewed – The Dominion Of Capital And A Theo-Politics Of Contretemps, Part 1 (Daniel Rhodes)](/religioustheory/posts/time-emptied-and-time-renewed-the-dominion-of-capital-and-a-theo-politics-of-contretemps-part-1-daniel-rhodes/) December 1, 2016 — By Daniel Rhodes In his long-awaited interjection into the debates on the future of Marxism after the collapse of Soviet state communism, Jacques Derrida introduces the notion [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/time-emptied-and-time-renewed-the-dominion-of-capital-and-a-theo-politics-of-contretemps-part-1-daniel-rhodes/) ![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/) ![Shamanism and Entheogens – Toward A Psychoanalysis Of The New “Dream Time” (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/sorrowing-old-man-psilocybin-depression.webp) ### [Shamanism and Entheogens – Toward A Psychoanalysis Of The New “Dream Time” (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/shamanism-and-entheogens-toward-a-psychoanalysis-of-the-new-dream-time-roger-green/) October 24, 2016 — By Roger K. Green There is no reason why therapy rooms for psychedelic sessions must be adorned with the default Buddha icons, fractal posters, and Indian drapes It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/shamanism-and-entheogens-toward-a-psychoanalysis-of-the-new-dream-time-roger-green/) ![Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/psychedelic-therapy.webp) ### [Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america/) July 28, 2016 — By Roger K. Green * Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. 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