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Green The following Critical Conversation took place on February 17, 2022 with Roger Green, author of A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics: [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/psychedelic-aesthetics-and-the-crises-of-liberalism-a-critical-conversation-with-roger-green/) ![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/) ![Debriefing On Decoloniality – A Public Conversation, Part 2](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/nama_man_greeting_us_3693359757.webp) ### [Debriefing On Decoloniality – A Public Conversation, Part 2](/religioustheory/posts/debriefing-on-decoloniality-a-public-conversation-part-2/) June 22, 2021 — By editors Part 2 continues the debrief transcript, sharpening arguments about decoloniality, epistemic rupture, and institutional practice across regional and The [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/debriefing-on-decoloniality-a-public-conversation-part-2/) ![Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 2 (Wendy Felese)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/sikoslingmuit_eskimo_woman-_southern_baffin_island-_copper-plate_engraving_17459827988.webp) ### [Reorientation In The Field – Why Religion Matters, Part 2 (Wendy Felese)](/religioustheory/posts/reorientation-in-the-field-why-religion-matters-part-2-wendy-felese/) March 29, 2021 — By Wendy Felese The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The article was first given at a conference in 2019 in Athens, Greece (2019). [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/reorientation-in-the-field-why-religion-matters-part-2-wendy-felese/) ![Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/machu_picchu_peru.webp) ### [Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-international-conference/) March 22, 2021 — By editors Sponsored by The New Polis, Whitestone Publications, and Metropolitan State University of Denver in collaboration with members of the Iliff School of Theology [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-international-conference/) ![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/) ![Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/01/1600px-machu_picchu_the_lost_city_of_the_inca_empire.webp) ### [Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-call-for-presentations-and-papers/) January 13, 2021 — By editors The New Polis in collaboration with the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (part of The Whitestone Foundation of publications) announces a webinar-based [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-call-for-presentations-and-papers/) ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/zapatismo_picture_marcos.webp) ### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) January 14, 2020 — By Matt Rosen On the first of January 1994, as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/) ![Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/07/lome_fetish_market1.webp) ### [Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 2 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-2-roger-green/) July 16, 2019 — By Roger K. Green The following is the second of a two-part series. The initial installment can be found here. Although we must constantly remember that the fetish is the product [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-2-roger-green/) ![Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 1 (Roger Green)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/07/fetiche_ewe-togo_2.webp) ### [Fetishism And The Erasure Of Identity, Part 1 (Roger Green)](/religioustheory/posts/fetishism-and-the-erasure-of-identity-part-1-roger-green/) July 8, 2019 — By Roger K. Green The following is the first of a two-part series. The second installment can be found here. 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