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Where planning fails, despair grows Planning is also faithless. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-3-erik-meganck/) ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 2 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/holsweg.webp) ### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 2 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-2-jake-sirota/) February 15, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. At this point Derrida’s appraisal of Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-2-jake-sirota/) ![Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 1 (Kelly Maeshiro)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/02/god_by_gabe_alberro.webp) ### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 1 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-1-kelly-maeshiro/) February 1, 2021 — By Kelly Maeshiro In the Christian tradition, the question of whether philosophy is necessary for theology, or even relevant to it, is a question almost as old as theology [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-1-kelly-maeshiro/) ![The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 2 (J. Edward Hackett)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/04/download.webp) ### [The Curious Whiteheadian Proclivity In Scheler’s Account Of God And Persons, Part 2 (J. Edward Hackett)](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-part-2-j-edward-hackett/) April 23, 2020 — By J. Edward Hackett The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Before talking about Scheler’s conception of the person It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-curious-whiteheadian-proclivity-in-schelers-account-of-god-and-persons-part-2-j-edward-hackett/) ![Review -- What is Real? (Filippo Pietrogrande)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/posthumanism.webp) ### [Review -- What is Real? (Filippo Pietrogrande)](/religioustheory/posts/review-what-is-real-filippo-pietrogrande/) January 24, 2020 — By Filippo Pietrogrande Giorgio Agamben. What is Real? Trans. Lorenzo Chiesa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 88 pages. ISBN: 978-1-5036-0737-8 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-what-is-real-filippo-pietrogrande/) ![Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/kirsh_1-071014.webp) ### [Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) April 30, 2019 — By editors What does Walter Benjamin’s work suggest about religion and the methods of studying it? This special issue of The Journal for Cultural and Religious Studies [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/) ![Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/luther95theses.webp) ### [Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-i-olli-pekka-vaino/) May 1, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino Recently, Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformation has received heavy criticism in various theological and philosophical circles It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-i-olli-pekka-vaino/) ![The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/aristotle-metaphysics.webp) ### [The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-one-is-not-on-the-fate-of-unity-in-post-metaphysical-philosophy-jussi-backman/) May 9, 2017 — By Jussi Backman *A Turkish translation of a version of this essay has been published as “Bir, bir şey değildir: post-metafizik düşüncede birlik ve çokluğun akıbeti,” trans [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-one-is-not-on-the-fate-of-unity-in-post-metaphysical-philosophy-jussi-backman/) ![Review – The Metaphysics of Copresence in Beliso-De Jesùs’ Electric Santeria (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/santeria-cover.webp) ### [Review – The Metaphysics of Copresence in Beliso-De Jesùs’ Electric Santeria (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/review-copresence-and-ontography-in-beliso-de-jesus-electric-santeria-ryne-beddard/) March 17, 2017 — By Ryne Beddard * Beliso-De Jesús, Aisha M. Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-copresence-and-ontography-in-beliso-de-jesus-electric-santeria-ryne-beddard/) ![Originary Grammar, Part 2](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### [Originary Grammar, Part 2](/religioustheory/live/originary-grammar-part-2/) March 9, 2009 — By Adam Katz Adam Katz develops originary grammar through sentence forms, metaphysics, imperatives, and the linguistic ordering that continually defers social violence. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/originary-grammar-part-2/) [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. 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