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                ![Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2025/04/bundesarchiv_bild_183-1989-1106-405_plauen_demonstration_vor_dem_rathaus.webp)

### [Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/conference-on-populism-nationalism-and-the-future-of-democracy-announcement/)

September 7, 2025 — By editors

Sponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in Collaboration with the University of Denver You must register in order to receive a participation

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                ![Special Issue On Religion and Bioethics (Call for Papers)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2025/02/800px-biotechnology_research_3617772958.webp)

### [Special Issue On Religion and Bioethics (Call for Papers)](/religioustheory/posts/special-issue-on-religion-and-bioethics-call-for-papers/)

January 23, 2025 — By editors

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the intersection of religion and bioethics It

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                ![Religion and Bioethics (Conferencee)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/human_genome.webp)

### [Religion and Bioethics (Conferencee)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-bioethics-conferencee/)

December 18, 2024 — By editors

Sponsored by the The Whitestone Foundation dba The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in collaboration with the University of Denver It highlights

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                ![Healing As A Multimedia Practice – Contemporary Spirituality In Turkey, Part 1 (Duygu Sendag)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/how-art-therapy-can-help-with-depression.webp)

### [Healing As A Multimedia Practice – Contemporary Spirituality In Turkey, Part 1 (Duygu Sendag)](/religioustheory/posts/healing-as-a-multimedia-practice-contemporary-spirituality-in-turkey-part-1-duygu-sendag/)

October 17, 2024 — By Duygu Sendag

Zeynep, a 37-year-old Turkish woman, comes from a secular family background. She has traveled to Bali and India on different occasions to participate in yoga

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                ![Conference on Religion and Bioethics – Call for Proposals](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/human_genome.webp)

### [Conference on Religion and Bioethics – Call for Proposals](/religioustheory/posts/conference-on-religion-and-bioethics-call-for-proposals/)

September 26, 2024 — By editors

This call for proposals frames a conference on religion and bioethics, inviting interdisciplinary work on ethics, theology, policy, and emerging The argument

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                ![Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 1 (Harpreet Kaur)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/4537954501_6aa8869549_b.webp)

### [Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 1 (Harpreet Kaur)](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-1-harpreet-kaur/)

August 7, 2024 — By Harpreet Kaur

Eco-philosophy, or ecosophy, offers insight into the relationship of living beings with their environment. The intersection of faith and eco-philosophy is known

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                ![Metaphysical Protestantism-A Comparative Literary Ecology (Zane Johnson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/20210225-104958-clear-cut-forests-eugene-or-webextent0106.webp)

### [Metaphysical Protestantism-A Comparative Literary Ecology (Zane Johnson)](/religioustheory/posts/metaphysical-protestantism-a-comparative-literary-ecology-zane-johnson/)

June 5, 2024 — By Zane Johnson

The influence of religions on human attitudes toward the non-human, whether beneficent or deleterious, has been the subject of serious scholarly debate since at

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                ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/golden_temple_sikhism.webp)

### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-3-nirvikar-singh/)

February 8, 2024 — By Nirvikar Singh

The following is the third installment of a three part series. The first can be found here, the second here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in

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                ![Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/02/peace_symposium_between_sikhs_muslims_of_pakistan.webp)

### [Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)](/religioustheory/posts/sikhs-as-subalterns-voice-inequality-and-power-part-2-nirvikar-singh/)

January 26, 2024 — By Nirvikar Singh

The following is the second installment of a three part series. The first can be found here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue

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                ![The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/img_1693.webp)

### [The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-2-anna-maria-edlinger/)

November 13, 2023 — By Anna-Maria Edlinger

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first portion can be found here. It was originally published in issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and

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                ![The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 1 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/img_1797.webp)

### [The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 1 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-1-anna-maria-edlinger/)

October 25, 2023 — By Anna-Maria Edlinger

Part 1 theorizes the sacred as bordering practice, showing how ritual and discourse draw limits, authorize belonging, and organize contested social and

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                ![George Batailles On Ethnographic Surrealism And “The Limits Of The Useful” – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/08/joan_miro_-_dona_i_ocell_2.webp)

### [George Batailles On Ethnographic Surrealism And “The Limits Of The Useful” – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)](/religioustheory/posts/george-batailles-on-the-limits-of-the-useful/)

August 20, 2023 — By Matt Waggoner

Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful. Translated and edited by Corey Austin Knudson and Tomas Elliott. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2022. Hardback. 360 pages

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                ![Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, And The Quotidian Academic Terror Of “Christian Nationalism”](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/02/american-flag-spanish-mission.webp)

### [Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, And The Quotidian Academic Terror Of “Christian Nationalism”](/religioustheory/posts/evangelicalism-pentecostalism-and-the-quotidian-academic-terror-of-christian-nationalism/)

February 23, 2023 — By editors

The following essay appeared recently in The New Polis. It is republished here because of its timeliness and importance. What exactly is Christian nationalism?

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                ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/tellus_-_ara_pacis.webp)

### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-3-carl-raschke/)

October 5, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke

The following is the last of a three-part series. The first can be found here , the second here. A genealogy of the neoliberalization, together with the

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                ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/isabella_whiteford.webp)

### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/)

September 21, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here . The supreme achievement of neoliberalism, according to Han, is that it has

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                ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/august_labicana_massimo_inv56230_n2.webp)

### [Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/)

September 7, 2022 — By Carl A. Raschke

> “Neptunus alii per alia, poterunt intellegi qui qualesque sint, quoque eos nomine consuetudo nuncupaverit, hoc eos et venerari et colere debemus.” – Cicero

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                ![Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/img_0123-2.webp)

### [Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/embodiment-a-conference-on-the-crisis-in-contemporary-theory-and-the-humanities-announcement/)

August 25, 2022 — By editors

You must register in advance (see below) whereupon you will automatically receive a participation link. If you are having trouble, please email us It highlights

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                ![Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/willmette_how.webp)

### [Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation-a-muslim-perspective-on-charles-h-long-part-2-mehnaz-afridi/)

August 19, 2022 — By Mehnaz Afridi

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for

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                ![Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 1 (Mehnaz Afridi)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/quran_inscriptions_on_wall_lodhi_gardens_delhi.webp)

### [Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 1 (Mehnaz Afridi)](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation/)

August 9, 2022 — By Mehnaz Afridi

The following is the first of a two-part series. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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                ![The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/charles-h-long.webp)

### [The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](/religioustheory/posts/the-legacy-of-charles-h-long-resisting-and-short-circuiting-the-discourses-of-exclusion-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-administration-victor-e-taylor/)

June 23, 2022 — By Victor Taylor

The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious

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                ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/allee_jacques_derrida_-_paris_vi_fr75_-_2021-07-29_-_1-1200x642.webp)

### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings Of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 3 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-3-jake-sirota/)

February 23, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota

The following is the third of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Derrida’s suspicion of and discomfort with the seemingly

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                ![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

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                ![Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 1 (Jake Sirota)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/02/abraham-abulafia_artwork.webp)

### [Geschlecht III – Authentic Faith, Religion, And Politics In Derrida’s Readings of Heidegger’s “Geist”, Part 1 (Jake Sirota)](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-1-jake-sirota/)

February 7, 2022 — By Jake S. Sirota

Jacques Derrida’s prolonged and intimate proximity to the thought of Martin Heidegger has played a significant role in the understanding and debate of Derrida’s

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                ![Locating The Oceanic In Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 2 (Justine M. Bakker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/01/seabirds.webp)

### [Locating The Oceanic In Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 2 (Justine M. Bakker)](/religioustheory/posts/locating-the-oceanic-in-sylvia-wynters-demonic-ground-part-2-justine-m-bakker/)

January 17, 2022 — By Justine M. Bakker

Part 2 advances the oceanic reading of Wynter by detailing method and stakes, relating demonic ground to coloniality, black study, and experimental theoretical

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                ![Locating The Oceanic in Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 1 (Justine M. Bakker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/01/irish-ruins.webp)

### [Locating The Oceanic in Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 1 (Justine M. Bakker)](/religioustheory/posts/locating-yhe-oceanic-in-sylvia-wynters-demonic-ground/)

January 7, 2022 — By Justine M. Bakker

Part 1 introduces an oceanic reading of Sylvia Wynter's “Demonic Ground,” developing the conceptual frame and tracing how embodiment, race, and poetics

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                ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 2 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/09/edward-howell-vltjdp8zy1c-unsplash.webp)

### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 2 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-2-john-cuda/)

October 12, 2021 — By John Cuda

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. Symbolically, the idea of going beyond the edge of the ordinary world to

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                ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/09/haley-lawrence-ewyga88k0yg-unsplash-1.webp)

### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths/)

October 4, 2021 — By John Cuda

The following is the first of a three-part series. In this article I seek to analyze spiritual phenomena using contemporary mythological and pop-cultural

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                ![“Teach Me To Do What’s Right” – Faith, Hope, And Love As Post-Religious Virtues, Part 1 (A.G. Holdier)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/09/the_theological_virtues-_faith_charity_hope_met_dt7354.webp)

### [“Teach Me To Do What’s Right” – Faith, Hope, And Love As Post-Religious Virtues, Part 1 (A.G. Holdier)](/religioustheory/posts/teach-me-to-do-whats-right-faith-hope-and-love-as-post-religious-virtues-part-1-a-g-holdier/)

September 8, 2021 — By A. G. Holdier

> “God is the ‘beyond’ in the midst of our life.” > > – Dietrich Bonhoeffer > > “Are you lost, Father?” > > “Sorry?” > > “Are you lost?” > > “No It highlights

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                ![Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/the_kiss_klimt-1.webp)

### [Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/)

June 4, 2021 — By editors

When: Tuesday, June 29, 10am Mountain Standard Time How: Zoom. By Advance Registration. Please register at the following link below It highlights key arguments

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                ![Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/05/aamidor-on-chuck-taylor-image-2.webp)

### [Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-9-economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-announcement/)

April 19, 2021 — By editors

Participants are invited to join us live in the ninth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the

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                ![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).

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                ![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

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                ![Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 4 (Daniel Reiser)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/albert_bierstadt_farallon_island_1887_oil_on_canvas.webp)

### [Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 4 (Daniel Reiser)](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-4-daniel-reiser/)

December 22, 2020 — By Daniel Reiser

The following is the last of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here, the third here. Is what Martel presents his readers only a

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                ![Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 3 (Daniel Reiser)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/rabbi_pinchas_hakohen_lintup.webp)

### [Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 3 (Daniel Reiser)](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-3-daniel-reiser/)

December 15, 2020 — By Daniel Reiser

The following is the third of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Beyond the question of metaphor and reality, the greatest

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                ![Sexual Difference And The Vatican – A Lacanian Response, Part 3 (Melissa Conroy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/10/candi_ceto_lingam_and_yoni_1259.webp)

### [Sexual Difference And The Vatican – A Lacanian Response, Part 3 (Melissa Conroy)](/religioustheory/posts/sexual-difference-and-the-vatican-a-lacanian-response-part-3-melissa-conroy/)

October 12, 2020 — By Melissa Conroy

The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Likewise, Teresa de Lauretis argues that gender is best

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### [Religious Studies – The Final Colonization Of American Indians, Part 2 (Tink Tinker, wazhazhe udsethe)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-the-final-colonization-of-american-indians-part-1-tink-tinker-wazhazhe-udsethe-2/)

June 9, 2020 — By Tink Tinker

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Indian cultures are very complex, and Osage culture is no different in that

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### [Religious Studies – The Final Colonization Of American Indians, Part 1 (Tink Tinker, wazhazhe udsethe)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-the-final-colonization-of-american-indians-part-1-tink-tinker-wazhazhe-udsethe/)

June 1, 2020 — By Tink Tinker

The following is the first of a two-part series. The second can be found here. In late 2019 I was invited to deliver a paper at an international symposium

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### [“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” And The Inhospitable State – Abrahamic Hospitality And The Limits Of Multiculturalism, Part 1 (Emily McAvan)](/religioustheory/posts/the-reluctant-fundamentalist-and-the-inhospitable-state-abrahamic-hospitality-and-the-limits-of-multiculturalism-emily-mcavan/)

April 1, 2020 — By EMILY McAVAN

> “Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” (Romans 12:13 NIV) > > “he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality to

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                ![Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/02/1599px-ethiopian_mothers_with_babies.webp)

### [Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/reframing-the-adwa-victory-as-a-decolonizing-praxis-discourse-around-colonization-in-the-ethiopian-context-part-2-rode-molla/)

February 4, 2020 — By Rode Molla

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Foucault, in his book, Discipline, and Punish, describes how the human body is

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                ![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

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### [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. The concept of fetishism has a special place within the long history

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### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 2 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-2-gavin-hyman/)

May 31, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Slavoj Žižek’s return to God in the context of his wider return

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### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-1-gavin-hyman/)

May 24, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

Among recent developments in continental philosophy and religious thought, one of the most prominent has been a ‘return to Hegel.’ It has been exemplified in

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                ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/img_4233.webp)

### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/)

May 17, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second one here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl It

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                ![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

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                ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/hoelderlin.webp)

### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/)

April 30, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl

The following is the first installment of a three-part series. Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Friederich Hölderlin’s famous quote “Thus all Religion would be

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                ![Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/j-edwards.webp)

### [Jonathan Edwards And The Vegan Elect – An Unconventional Calvinist Reading, Part 1 (Tadd Ruetenik)](/religioustheory/posts/jonathan-edwards-and-the-vegan-elect-an-unconventional-calvinist-reading-part-1/)

April 23, 2019 — By Tadd Ruetenik

In 1895, when Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity School of Christianity, first became a vegetarian, she said that “the appetite left me without my even

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                ![God And Salvation, Lecture 8 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/gauguin-christ-in-garden.webp)

### [God And Salvation, Lecture 8 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-salvation-lecture-8-johannes-zachhuber/)

April 17, 2019 — By Johannes Zachhuber

This is the eighth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent lecture can be found here. The paper these lectures support is entitled “God, Christ, and

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### [Review – The Intimate Universal (Stephen Bujno)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-intimate-universal-stephen-bujno/)

March 8, 2019 — By Stephen Bujno

*William Desmond, The Intimate Universal: The Hidden Porosity Among Religion, Art, Philosophy, and Politics. Columbia University Press, 2016. 520 pages

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### [Review – The Enigmatic Absolute (Stanimir Panayotov)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-enigmatic-absolute-stanimir-panayotov/)

February 22, 2019 — By Stanimir Panayotov

*Joshua Ramey and Matthew S. Haar Farris (Eds.), Speculation, Heresy, and Gnosis in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: The Enigmatic Absolute 299 pages.

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                ![Religion And Mental Health – The Therapuetic Value Of The Teachings of Jesus, Part 2 (Thomas Roberts and Delbert Hayden)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/entry_of_jesus.webp)

### [Religion And Mental Health – The Therapuetic Value Of The Teachings of Jesus, Part 2 (Thomas Roberts and Delbert Hayden)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-mental-health-the-therapuetic-value-of-the-teachings-of-jesus-part-2-thomas-roberts-and-delbert-hayden/)

October 9, 2018 — By Thomas Roberts; Delbert Hayden

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. You can find the first part here. Maintaining a State of Hope and Taking a Transcendent Perspective

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                ![Re-Envisioning Religious Studies As A Global Discipline – A Pre-AAR Symposium](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/indigenous-peoples-4.webp)

### [Re-Envisioning Religious Studies As A Global Discipline – A Pre-AAR Symposium](/religioustheory/posts/re-envisioning-religious-studies-as-a-global-discipline-a-pre-aar-symposium/)

October 2, 2018 — By editors

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver in conjunction with its partner faculty

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                ![Religion And Mental Health – The Therapeutic Value Of The Teachings Of Jesus , Part 1 (Thomas Roberts And Delbert Hayden)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/hb_58-87-1.webp)

### [Religion And Mental Health – The Therapeutic Value Of The Teachings Of Jesus , Part 1 (Thomas Roberts And Delbert Hayden)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-mental-health-the-therapeutic-value-of-the-teachings-of-jesus-part-1-thomas-roberts-and-delbert-hayden/)

September 30, 2018 — By Thomas Roberts; Delbert Hayden

The following is the first part in a two-part installment. The second part can be found here. Author Note: The authors of this article take the position that

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                ![Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/09/img_0497.webp)

### [Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](/religioustheory/posts/towards-a-new-comparative-methodology-in-religious-studies-kara-roberts/)

September 23, 2018 — By Kara Roberts

Author Note: The following was originally written as the introduction to a much longer comparative project between two religious myths Amy Balogh. It highlights

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                ![Review – Neurotheological Nuances (Joshua Canzona)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/munch-the-scream.webp)

### [Review – Neurotheological Nuances (Joshua Canzona)](/religioustheory/posts/review-neurotheological-nuances-joshua-canzona/)

August 22, 2018 — By Joshua Canzona

Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality. Newberg, Andrew. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. ISBN 9780231179041. Hardback

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                ![Review – Medicinal Religion (Aaron Klink)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/style-meditation-state-colorful-world-0-4mp.webp)

### [Review – Medicinal Religion (Aaron Klink)](/religioustheory/posts/review-medicinal-religion-aaron-klink/)

August 2, 2018 — By Aaron Klink

*Balboni, Michael J. and Peteet, John R. eds. Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice ISBN 9780190272432 Hardcover.

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                ![Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/thumb_img_2156_1024.webp)

### [Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/negative-theology-and-its-problems-barth-and-marion-lecture-3-johannes-zachhuber/)

July 26, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the third lecture in an eight-lecture series. I have described in last week’s lecture how, during the 19th century, some serious challenges

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                ![The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/img_1464-1.webp)

### [The Dangers Of Dealing With Derrida – Revisiting the Caputo-Hägglund Debate On The “Religious” Reading Of Deconstruction, Part 3 (Neal DeRoo)](/religioustheory/posts/the-dangers-of-dealing-with-derrida-revisiting-the-caputo-hagglund-debate-on-the-religious-reading-of-deconstruction-part-3-neal-deroo/)

July 11, 2018 — By Neal Deroo

The following is the third installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second here. But one could embrace another prevalence for

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                ![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

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                ![The Critique Of Theism – Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Lecture 2 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/06/img_0310.webp)

### [The Critique Of Theism – Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Lecture 2 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/the-critique-of-theism-kant-hegel-feuerbach-nietzsche-lecture-2-johannes-zachhuber/)

June 9, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the second lecture in an eight-lecture series. The first can be found here. I introduced these lectures last week by pointing out the unique

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                ![Thinking About God In A Pluralistic World – The Challenge of Modern Theology, Lecture 1 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/christian-mosaic.webp)

### [Thinking About God In A Pluralistic World – The Challenge of Modern Theology, Lecture 1 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/thinking-about-god-in-a-pluralistic-world-the-challenge-of-modern-theology-lecture-1-johannes-zuchaber/)

May 12, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the first lecture in an eight lecture series. A couple of days ago, I read a column in a national newspaper whose title had a strange

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                ![Secularism And Its Discontents – On Charting Pathways With A Phenomenology Of Religion, Part 1 (Ludger Hagerdorn and Michael Staudigl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/04/800px-michelangelo_moses-1.webp)

### [Secularism And Its Discontents – On Charting Pathways With A Phenomenology Of Religion, Part 1 (Ludger Hagerdorn and Michael Staudigl)](/religioustheory/posts/secularism-and-its-discontents-on-charting-pathways-with-a-phenomenology-of-religion-part-1-ludger-hagerdorn-and-michael-staudigl/)

April 21, 2018 — By Ludger Hagerdorn; Michael Staudigl

*The following is the introductory article for the Spring 2018 issue (Vol. 17, No. 2) of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key

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                ![New Religions in Brazil – A Game Between Relativism and Fundamentalism (Silas Guerriero)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/iskcon_temple_bhubaneswar_lord_jagannath_balabhadra_subhadra.webp)

### [New Religions in Brazil – A Game Between Relativism and Fundamentalism (Silas Guerriero)](/religioustheory/posts/new-religions-in-brazil-a-game-between-relativism-and-fundamentalism-silas-guerriero/)

March 10, 2018 — By Silas Guerriero

Speaking of new religious movements in Brazil implies, above all, in defining what we refer to when we speak of “new religions.” We have already had an

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                ![Review – An Uncritical Critique of Theism (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/jbcol.webp)

### [Review – An Uncritical Critique of Theism (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-an-uncritical-critique-of-theism-rebekah-gordon/)

March 7, 2018 — By Rebekah Gordon

Religion Within Reason. Cahn, Steven M. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780231181617. Paperback. 93 pages.** It is amazing that a book of less

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                ![Review—Whither Philosophy of Religion? (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/wordcloud.webp)

### [Review—Whither Philosophy of Religion? (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](/religioustheory/posts/review-whither-philosophy-of-religion-benjamin-steele-fisher/)

October 27, 2017 — By Benjamin Steele-Fisher

**Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Zizek. Edited by Philip Goodchild and Hollis Phelps. New York: Routledge, 2017 It highlights

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                ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/denali-national-park-1733313_1280-uncharted-territory.webp)

### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-2-james-v-spickard/)

October 23, 2017 — By James V. Spickard

The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the second installment of a two-part series

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                ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/1532494-shiva-and-parvati-on-bull-images-sculptures-on-hindu-temple-gopura-tower-menakshi-temple-madurai-tamil-nadu-india.webp)

### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/)

October 16, 2017 — By James V. Spickard

The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the first installment of a two-part series

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                ![Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/pdr.webp)

### [Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-and-comparative-theology-an-appraisal-joshua-samuel/)

October 9, 2017 — By Joshua Samuel

The title “religious scholar,” it must be remembered, is a very ambiguous categorization. It could either mean those who are engaged in academic work in the

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                ![Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/images.webp)

### [Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-2-vivek-swaroop-sharma/)

September 22, 2017 — By Vivek Swaroop Sharma

The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. There are two important qualifications to the following

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                ![Review – Mysticism As Language Game (Adam Loch)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/06/img_1533.webp)

### [Review – Mysticism As Language Game (Adam Loch)](/religioustheory/posts/review-mysticism-as-language-game-adam-loch/)

June 15, 2017 — By Adam Loch

*Tugendhat, Ernst. Egocentricity and Mysticism: An Anthropological Study. Translated by Alexei Procyshyn and Mario Wenning ISBN-10: 0231169124. It highlights

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                ![Review – Bahai Religion And Religious Cycles (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/06/churches-of-the-world.webp)

### [Review – Bahai Religion And Religious Cycles (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-bahai-religion-and-religious-cycles-rebekah-gordon/)

June 7, 2017 — By Rebekah Gordon

Sergeev, Mikhail. Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity, and the Baha’i Faith. Amsterdam: Brill Rodopi, 2015. ISBN-10:9004300031. Paperback

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### [Religious Autonomy As Secularism’s Silent Partner (Darshan Datar)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-autonomy-as-secularisms-silent-partner-darshan-datar/)

May 31, 2017 — By Darshan Datar

Scholarship has noted that the genealogical trajectory of a state has consistently had an impact on the evolution of state-church relationships It highlights

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### [Review – Caputo’s “Spooky” Call To Theology (Rob Kennedy)](/religioustheory/posts/review-caputos-spooky-call-to-theology-rob-kennedy/)

May 15, 2017 — By Rob Kennedy

*Caputo, John D., Moody, Sarah, and DeLay, Tad., It Spooks: Living In Response To An Unheard Call. Rapid City SD: Shelter50 Publishing Collective, 2015

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### [Untimely Meditations on Techno-Theology and Theo-Poetics, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](/religioustheory/posts/untimely-meditations-on-techno-theology-and-theo-poetics-part-1-john-panteleimon-manoussakis/)

March 22, 2017 — By John Panteleimon Manoussakis

The following is the first half of the article. The second installment can be found here. Philosophy’s very first utterance, according to Aristotle, present us

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### [Review – Theologies of the Boss (James Cochran)](/religioustheory/posts/review/)

March 2, 2017 — By James Cochran

*Yadin-Israel, Azzan. The Grace of God and the Grace of Man: The Theologies of Bruce Springsteen. Highland Park: Lingua Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 0692718516

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January 13, 2017 — By Ehud Benor

The best interpretations of Spinoza’s philosophy would lead us to believe that, for Spinoza, religion is superstition. Henry Allison’s account is an excellent

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### [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

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### [Review – Eugene Thacker’s “Cosmic Pessimism” (N.N. Trakakis)](/religioustheory/posts/review-eugene-thackers-cosmic-pessimism/)

October 27, 2016 — By N.N. Trakakis

*Thacker, Eugene. Cosmic Pessimism. Minneapolis: Univocal Publishing, 2015. ISBN-10: 193756147X. E-book, paperback. 55 pages.* It might be worth quoting from

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### [From Heathen to Sub-Human – A Genealogy of the Influence of the Decline of Religion on the Rise of Modern Racism, Part 2 (Oludamini Ogunnaike)](/religioustheory/posts/from-heathen-to-sub-human-a-genealogy-of-the-influence-of-the-decline-of-religion-on-the-rise-of-modern-racism-part-2-oludamini-ogunnaike/)

September 27, 2016 — By Oludamini Ogunnaike

The following is the second part of an article in three installments that initially appeared in July 2016 in Open Theology 2:2016 785-203 It highlights

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### [Review – Aaron Hughes’ ‘Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity’ (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/exposing-the-pitfalls-of-constructive-theology-on-the-state-of-islamic-studies-today-daniel-tutt/)

September 22, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt

*Hughes, Aaron. Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity: An Inquiry into Disciplinary Apologetics and Self-Deception. London: Equinox Publishing, 2016 It

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### [Review – Love’s Unfortunate Presence between Faith and Belief (Daniel Boscaljon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-loves-unfortunate-presence-between-faith-and-belief-daniel-boscaljon/)

August 18, 2016 — By Daniel Boscaljon

*Schrijvers, Joeri. Between Faith and Belief: Toward a Contemporary Phenomenology of Religious Life (SUNY Series in Theology and Continental Thought) It

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### [Review – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)](/religioustheory/posts/review-digital-technologies-and-religion-in-the-postmodern-era/)

July 14, 2016 — By Albert McClure

*Han, Sam. Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-Secular Modernity. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society 19 142 pages.

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### [Review – The Search For Transcendence In The “Material Phenomenology” of David Foster Wallace (Jeff Appel)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-search-for-transcendence-in-the-material-phenomenology-of-david-foster-wallace/)

July 7, 2016 — By Jeff Appel

*Miller, Adam S. The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction. New York: Bloomsburg Academic, 2016 It highlights

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### [Review – The Evolution of the Religious Factor in Fantasy Role-Playing Games (Jeffrey Scholes)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-evolution-of-the-religious-factor-in-fantasy-role-playing-games/)

July 2, 2016 — By Jeffrey Scholes

*Laycock, Joseph P. Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds ISBN-10: 0520284925. It

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### [Review – Donovan Schaefer’s Call For a Materialist Turn In Religious Theory (Jonathan Russell)](/religioustheory/posts/review-donovan-schaefers-call-for-a-materialist-turn-in-religious-theory/)

June 3, 2016 — By Jonathan Russell

*Schaefer, Donovan O. Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-8223-5982-1, 10: It highlights

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### [Renegade Hinduism Scholar Featured In Norton’s Anthology of World Religions](/religioustheory/posts/renegade-hinduism-scholar-featured-in-nortons-anthology-of-world-religions/)

April 8, 2016 — By editors

The just-released, multi-volume Norton Anthology of World Religions is a major project of substance undertaken by a group of world-renowned scholars in

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### [Recovering the Unconscious – A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion – CFP](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-and-presentation-recovering-the-unconcious-a-conference-on-the-intersection-of-psychoanalysis-with-politics-philosophy-and-religion/)

April 2, 2016 — By editors

A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Sponsored by the University of Denver and the Colorado Analytic Forum

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                ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 1 – Affect Theory and the Transformation of Machismo Among Latino Pentecostal Men](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/03/20120503nw1179.webp)

### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 1 – Affect Theory and the Transformation of Machismo Among Latino Pentecostal Men](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-affect-theory-and-the-transformation-of-machismo-among-latino-pentecostal-men-part-1/)

March 30, 2016 — By editors

From time to time Religious Theory (RT) invites well-known academic authors to outline current book projects that have not yet been published S. It highlights

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### [Review Essay – Peter Sloterdijk on Social Bonds, Freedom, and Religion](/religioustheory/posts/review-essay-peter-sloterdijk-on-social-bonds-freedom-and-religion/)

March 10, 2016 — By editors

The English reception of Peter Sloterdijk has been ambivalent at best, relying largely on hearsay from European interlocutors (Žižek especially) or gossip about

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### [The Secularizing Ethos and the End of Biblical Authority – How Today’s Evangelicals Abandoned Evangelicalism](/religioustheory/posts/the-secularizing-ethos-and-the-end-of-biblical-authority-how-todays-evangelicals-abandoned-evangelicalism/)

March 2, 2016 — By editors

So reads the title of a recent article in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The author, Jim Hinch, begins his piece with the conversion story of A. J J.

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### [Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](/religioustheory/posts/upcoming-conferences-call-for-papers/)

February 26, 2016 — By editors

Beyond Habermas? Critical Theory, Political Theology, and Interreligious Dialogue “Habermas’ postsecular perspective of socio-political integration has had a

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