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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/) ![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/) ![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... 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Translated by Philipp Schlögl It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/) ![God And Language, Lecture 6 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/ludwig-wittgenstein.webp) ### [God And Language, Lecture 6 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-language-lecture-6-johannes-zachhuber/) April 2, 2019 — By Johannes Zachhuber The following is the sixth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. I started the last couple of lectures with elaborate [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-language-lecture-6-johannes-zachhuber/) ![Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/img_0946.webp) ### [Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-ii-olli-pekka-vaino/) May 9, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. 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Laruelle: A Stranger Thought. Cambridge: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 0745671233. Hardcover, paperback, e-book Hardcover, paperback, e-book. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-stranger-thought-for-stranger-times-liam-burrell/) ![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/) ![Review – Badiou’s Conversations About Theatre Offer Light-Hearted And Quirky Insight Into Mind Of Philosopher (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/06/dec_18_the-tank-robots_0108.webp) ### [Review – Badiou’s Conversations About Theatre Offer Light-Hearted And Quirky Insight Into Mind Of Philosopher (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/review-badious-conversations-about-theatre-offer-light-hearted-and-quirky-insight-into-mind-of-philosopher/) June 13, 2016 — By Ryne Beddard *Badiou, Alain (with Nicolas Truong). In Praise of Theatre. New York: Polity, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-7456-8697-4. 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