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It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-2-nirvikar-singh/) ![Body Erotic – John Boswell’s History Of Eurochristian Sexuality And The Case For Transcendental Somatics, Part 2 (Kieryn Wurts)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/05/jerusalem_gay_pride_parade_05-1.webp) ### [Body Erotic – John Boswell’s History Of Eurochristian Sexuality And The Case For Transcendental Somatics, Part 2 (Kieryn Wurts)](/religioustheory/posts/body-erotic-john-boswells-history-of-eurochristian-sexuality-and-the-case-for-transcendental-somatics-part-2-kieryn-wurts/) May 8, 2023 — By Kieryn E. Wurts The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. Social constructionist theory developed as an answer to essentialist theories [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/body-erotic-john-boswells-history-of-eurochristian-sexuality-and-the-case-for-transcendental-somatics-part-2-kieryn-wurts/) ![Body Erotic – John Boswell’s History Of Eurochristian Sexuality And The Case For Transcendental Somatics, Part 1 (Kieryn Wurts)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/05/homosexuality_in_khajuraho_sculpture.webp) ### [Body Erotic – John Boswell’s History Of Eurochristian Sexuality And The Case For Transcendental Somatics, Part 1 (Kieryn Wurts)](/religioustheory/posts/body-erotic-john-boswells-history-of-eurochristian-sexuality-and-the-case-for-transcendental-somatics-part-1-kieryn-wurts/) April 24, 2023 — By Kieryn E. Wurts John Boswell (1947-94) was a Yale philologist who published two major studies betweeen 1980 and 1994 which, considered together, constitute an extended and [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/body-erotic-john-boswells-history-of-eurochristian-sexuality-and-the-case-for-transcendental-somatics-part-1-kieryn-wurts/) ![A Tainted Trophy And The Framing Of White Supremacy In America, Part 1 (Tink Tinker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/11/1600px-john_wesley_preaching_to_native_american_indians-_engraving-_wellcome_v0006867-1210x642.webp) ### [A Tainted Trophy And The Framing Of White Supremacy In America, Part 1 (Tink Tinker)](/religioustheory/posts/a-tainted-trophy-and-the-framing-of-white-supremacy-in-america-part-1-tink-tinker/) October 15, 2022 — By Tink Tinker The following is the first of a three-part series. The entire article appears in the fall 2022 issue of The New Polis Journal It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-tainted-trophy-and-the-framing-of-white-supremacy-in-america-part-1-tink-tinker/) ![Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 1 (Wendy Felese)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/inuit-kleidung_1.webp) ### [Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 1 (Wendy Felese)](/religioustheory/posts/reorientation-in-the-field-why-religion-matters-part-1-wendy-felese/) March 15, 2021 — By Wendy Felese The following is the first of a two-part series. It was originally published at a 2019 conference in Athens, Greece.1 When teaching classes like World Religions [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/reorientation-in-the-field-why-religion-matters-part-1-wendy-felese/) ![Christianity As A New Humanism – Historical, Theological, And Philosophical Reflections On The Bible, Hegel, And Robert Musil, Part 4 (Kurt Appel)](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Christianity As A New Humanism – Historical, Theological, And Philosophical Reflections On The Bible, Hegel, And Robert Musil, Part 4 (Kurt Appel)](/religioustheory/posts/christianity-as-a-new-humanism/) September 13, 2019 — By Kurt Appel Explore this article... [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/christianity-as-a-new-humanism/) ![“Damn It, He’s An Injun!” Christian Murder, Colonial Wealth, And Tanned Human Skin, Part 2 (Tink Tinker, wazhazhe udsethe)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/03/creek_war_treaty_1814.webp) ### [“Damn It, He’s An Injun!” Christian Murder, Colonial Wealth, And Tanned Human Skin, Part 2 (Tink Tinker, wazhazhe udsethe)](/religioustheory/posts/damn-it-hes-an-injun-christian-murder-colonial-wealth-and-tanned-human-skin-part-2-tink-tinker-wazhazhe-udsethe/) March 21, 2019 — By Tink Tinker The following is the second of a three-part series. The first installation can be found here. The article in full originally appeared in The New Polis in [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/damn-it-hes-an-injun-christian-murder-colonial-wealth-and-tanned-human-skin-part-2-tink-tinker-wazhazhe-udsethe/) ![God and History, Lecture 5 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/11/the-ruins-of-time.webp) ### [God and History, Lecture 5 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-history-lecture-5-johannes-zachhuber/) November 13, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber The following is the fifth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. The existentialist approach you heard about last week [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-history-lecture-5-johannes-zachhuber/) ![Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/max-weber.webp) ### [Beyond Religious Ideas – The Legacy Of Max Weber In Critical Theory And Critical Religion (Joel Harrison)](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/) June 19, 2018 — By Joel Harrison This article was initially published in The New Polis, March 23, 2018. In his essay “The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion,” Donald Wiebe [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrison/) ![Review – Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Negative Reactions to the Jewish Pre- and Post-Holocaust (Madison Tarleton)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/a867c350-b8ad-4896-b926-f0b71c0cb1f8.webp) ### [Review – Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Negative Reactions to the Jewish Pre- and Post-Holocaust (Madison Tarleton)](/religioustheory/posts/review-hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-negative-reactions-to-jewish-people-pre-and-post-holocaust-madison-tarleton/) January 14, 2018 — By Madison Tarleton Antisemitism Before and Since the Holocaust: Altered Contexts and Recent Perspectives. Basingstoke United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-negative-reactions-to-jewish-people-pre-and-post-holocaust-madison-tarleton/) ![Review – New Trends In The Theory And Methods For Studying Religion (David Kim)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/12/clock.webp) ### [Review – New Trends In The Theory And Methods For Studying Religion (David Kim)](/religioustheory/posts/review-new-trends-in-the-theory-and-methods-for-studying-religion-david-kim/) December 29, 2016 — By David Kim Kovács, Ábrahám, and James L. Cox, Editors. New Trends and Recurring Issues in the Study of Religion: Context and Overview. Budapest: L’Harmattan, 2014 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-new-trends-in-the-theory-and-methods-for-studying-religion-david-kim/) ![Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 2 (Ronald Beiner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/thomas_abel_prior_-_queen_victoria_opening_the_1851_universal_exhibition_at_the_crystal_palace_in_london_-_google_art_project.webp) ### [Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 2 (Ronald Beiner)](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-part-2-ronald-beiner/) August 15, 2016 — By Ronald Beiner Part 2 extends the Benjamin-Arendt comparison by testing judgment against crisis and memory, clarifying how historical rupture reshapes political discernment [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-part-2-ronald-beiner/) ![Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 1 (Ronald Beiner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/benjamins-angel-of-history.webp) ### [Benjamin’s Concept of History As A Source of Arendt’s Idea of Judgment – Part 1 (Ronald Beiner)](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-ronald-beiner/) August 8, 2016 — By Ronald Beiner Part 1 traces how Walter Benjamin's theses on history inform Hannah Arendt's account of judgment, emphasizing temporality, critique, and political The [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/benjamins-concept-of-history-as-a-source-of-arendts-idea-of-judgment-ronald-beiner/) ![Review – Agamben’s Political Reading of the Trial of Jesus (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/pontius-pilate.webp) ### [Review – Agamben’s Political Reading of the Trial of Jesus (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/review-agambens-political-reading-of-the-trial-of-jesus/) July 21, 2016 — By Ryne Beddard *Agamben, Giorgio. Pilate and Jesus (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics). Translated by Adam Kotsko. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-agambens-political-reading-of-the-trial-of-jesus/) [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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