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The first can be found here. Furthermore there is an element of nostalgia implicit in this desire It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/longing-for-an-impossible-past-derridas-of-grammatology-and-the-coronavirus-as-the-inauguration-of-an-age-of-writing-part-2-jared-lacy/) ![Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 1 (Jared Lacy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/06/hieroglyphics_in_an_egyptian_temple.webp) ### [Longing For An Impossible Past – Derrida’s Of Grammatology And The Coronavirus As The Inauguration Of An Age Of Writing, Part 1 (Jared Lacy)](/religioustheory/posts/longing-for-an-impossible-past-derridas-of-grammatology-and-the-coronavirus-as-the-inauguration-of-an-age-of-writing-part-1-jared-lacy/) June 17, 2020 — By Jared Lacy As we witness the aftermath of the initial responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — the failures and successes of the various shelter-in-place orders and a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/longing-for-an-impossible-past-derridas-of-grammatology-and-the-coronavirus-as-the-inauguration-of-an-age-of-writing-part-1-jared-lacy/) ![Speaking Of God’s Presence As Non-Contrastive Transcendent Distinction (Joyce Konigsburg)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/08/964px-angel_of_the_divine_presence_bringing_eve_to_adam_the_creation_of_eve-__and_she_shall_be_called_woman_recto_sketch_for_the_same_verso_met_dp805381.webp) ### [Speaking Of God’s Presence As Non-Contrastive Transcendent Distinction (Joyce Konigsburg)](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-of-gods-presence-as-non-contrastive-transcendent-distinction-joyce-konigsburg/) July 28, 2019 — By Joyce Konigsburg To speak or not to speak of God is an important yet rather uncomfortable question that participants encounter during interreligious and interdisciplinary [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-of-gods-presence-as-non-contrastive-transcendent-distinction-joyce-konigsburg/) ![Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/img_0554.webp) ### [Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](/religioustheory/posts/the-dialectic-of-divine-presence-and-absence-call-for-contributors-to-special-issue/) February 14, 2018 — By editors Since the philosopher Nietzsche announced the “death of God” over a century ago, the specter of divine absence has hovered over Western civilization It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-dialectic-of-divine-presence-and-absence-call-for-contributors-to-special-issue/) ![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/) ![Speaking (Or Not Speaking) Of God – Call For Proposals](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/img_1275.webp) ### [Speaking (Or Not Speaking) Of God – Call For Proposals](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-or-not-speaking-of-god-call-for-proposals2/) May 3, 2017 — By editors Where: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Sponsors: Department of Religious Studies, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/speaking-or-not-speaking-of-god-call-for-proposals2/) [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. 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