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She has traveled to Bali and India on different occasions to participate in yoga [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/healing-as-a-multimedia-practice-contemporary-spirituality-in-turkey-part-1-duygu-sendag/) ![Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 2 (Harpreet Kaur)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/107202997-jpg-gallery.webp) ### [Sikh Environmental Ethics-Theory and Praxis Part 2 (Harpreet Kaur)](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-2-harpreet-kaur/) August 24, 2024 — By Harpreet Kaur The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Many verses can be retrieved to prompt human beings to be thankful [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/sikh-environmental-ethics-theory-and-praxis-part-2-harpreet-kaur/) ![The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 2 (Anna Magnasco)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-25-at-5-56-48-pm.webp) ### [The Re-Enchantment Of Bodies – The Transformative Power Of Charismatic Healings, Part 2 (Anna Magnasco)](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-2-anna-magnasco/) December 12, 2023 — By Anna-Maria Magnasco The following is the first of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. It was originally published in issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-re-enchantment-of-bodies-the-transformative-power-of-charismatic-healings-part-2-anna-magnasco/) ![Introducing Spirit/Dance – Social Justice And Reconstructed Spiritual Practices, Part 2 (Joshua Hall)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/04/800px-mongol_shaman_just_before_rituals.webp) ### [Introducing Spirit/Dance – Social Justice And Reconstructed Spiritual Practices, Part 2 (Joshua Hall)](/religioustheory/posts/introducing-spirit-dance-social-justice-and-reconstructed-spiritual-practices-part-2-joshua-hall/) March 31, 2023 — By Joshua M. Hall The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. As to the purpose of this spirit dancing, Kopenawa constantly emphasizes that [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/introducing-spirit-dance-social-justice-and-reconstructed-spiritual-practices-part-2-joshua-hall/) ![Introducing Spirit/Dance – Social Justice And Reconstructed Spiritual Practices, Part 1 (Joshua Hall)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/04/800px-volute_krater_wedding_purifying_b_lucania_roccanova_painter_350-325_bc_prague_nm-h10_4759_151621.webp) ### [Introducing Spirit/Dance – Social Justice And Reconstructed Spiritual Practices, Part 1 (Joshua Hall)](/religioustheory/posts/introducing-spirit-dance-social-justice-and-reconstructed-spiritual-practices-joshua-hall/) March 16, 2023 — By Joshua M. Hall This project was provoked by the almost nonexistent pushback from the Democratic liberal establishment to the (2020) exoneration of Kyle Rittenhouse, despite [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/introducing-spirit-dance-social-justice-and-reconstructed-spiritual-practices-joshua-hall/) ![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/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/geschlecht-iii-authentic-faith-religion-and-politics-in-derridas-readings-of-heideggers-geist-part-1-jake-sirota/) ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 3 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/10/screen-shot-2021-10-21-at-9-57-51-pm.webp) ### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 3 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-3-john-cuda/) October 21, 2021 — By John Cuda Part 3 links entheogen practice and dreamwork, arguing that altered states function as a training ground for agency, myth-making, and transformed lived reality. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-3-john-cuda/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths/) ![“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/img_4260.webp) ### [“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-part-2-james-e-willis-iii/) May 9, 2020 — By James E. Willis III The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. A philosophy of finite human time is one way to read Martin Hägglund’s recent [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-part-2-james-e-willis-iii/) ![“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 1 (James E. Willis, III)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/img_4279.webp) ### [“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 1 (James E. Willis, III)](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-james-e-willis-iii/) May 1, 2020 — By James E. Willis III The Death of God theological movement of the mid-twentieth century serves as a productive starting place to consider spiritual violence in our time, or the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-james-e-willis-iii/) ![The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 3 (Paul Maltby)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/03/apocalypse-albert_goodwin.webp) ### [The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 3 (Paul Maltby)](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-3-paul-maltby/) March 3, 2020 — By Paul Maltby The following is the third of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. End Times fiction must be distinguished from other literary [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-3-paul-maltby/) ![The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 2 (Paul Maltby)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/03/1280px-last_judgement_michelangelo.webp) ### [The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 2 (Paul Maltby)](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-2-paul-maltby/) February 25, 2020 — By Paul Maltby The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. End Times fiction’s unrelenting focus on human sinfulness and unworthiness, a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-2-paul-maltby/) ![The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 1 (Paul Maltby)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/02/doctor_who_experience_3998731216.webp) ### [The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 1 (Paul Maltby)](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-1-paul-maltby/) February 18, 2020 — By Paul Maltby A flaw at the heart of End Times fiction gravely weakens its credibility as Christian literature. Its stock characters lack the degree of interiority required [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-hollow-christians-of-end-times-fiction-part-1-paul-maltby/) ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/buchcover-1572453224d0o.webp) ### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/) January 5, 2020 — By Gavin Hurley The following is the second of a two-part-series. The first can be read here. What specifically sets horror apart from other genres such as fantasy and science [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/jonathan-edwards-and-the-vegan-elect-an-unconventional-calvinist-reading-part-1/) ![Transmodern Sufism, Or Stepping With Levinas On The Footprints Of A Speculative Sufism Not Re-Framed By 20th Century Orientalists, Part 1 (Philipp Valentini)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/09/dervish-ceremony.webp) ### [Transmodern Sufism, Or Stepping With Levinas On The Footprints Of A Speculative Sufism Not Re-Framed By 20th Century Orientalists, Part 1 (Philipp Valentini)](/religioustheory/posts/transmodern-sufism-or-stepping-with-levinas-on-the-footprints-of-a-speculative-sufism-not-re-framed-by-20th-century-orientalists-part-1-philipp-valentini/) September 6, 2018 — By Philipp Valentini > I am wondering if the agony of years > Could be traced to the seed of an hour > If the roots that spread out in the swamp > Ran too deep for the issuing [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/transmodern-sufism-or-stepping-with-levinas-on-the-footprints-of-a-speculative-sufism-not-re-framed-by-20th-century-orientalists-part-1-philipp-valentini/) ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 3 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/keys-to-the-kingdom.webp) ### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 3 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-3-mark-murphy/) August 15, 2018 — By Mark Murphy The following is the third installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The second one can be found here The second one can be found here. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-3-mark-murphy/) ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/08/img_1270.webp) ### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 2 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-2-mark-murphy/) August 8, 2018 — By Mark Murphy The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. What Does Lacan Mean When He Says That Spiritual Direction is a [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-2-mark-murphy/) ![Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 1 (Mark Murphy)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/img_1638.webp) ### [Lacan As “Spiritual Director” – On The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Christian Mysticism, Part 1 (Mark Murphy)](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-1-mark-murphy/) July 31, 2018 — By Mark Murphy Spiritual direction is defined as the help one gives to another in developing one’s relationship with the sacred, while the treatment of psychological symptoms [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/lacan-as-spiritual-director-on-the-relationship-between-psychoanalysis-and-christian-mysticism-part-1-mark-murphy/) ![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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/) ![Review – Theologies of the Boss (James Cochran)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/03/young-bruce.webp) ### [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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/review/) ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 3 – Eros, Ecstasy, and the Pentecostal Experience](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/catharsis.webp) ### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 3 – Eros, Ecstasy, and the Pentecostal Experience](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-3-eros-ecstasy-and-the-pentecostal-experience/) April 13, 2016 — By editors In the first installment of this three-part book preview of my forthcoming work on machismo in Latino culture I explored the role of the new, and “hot” [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-3-eros-ecstasy-and-the-pentecostal-experience/) ![Renegade Hinduism Scholar Featured In Norton’s Anthology of World Religions](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/ilaiah.webp) ### [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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/renegade-hinduism-scholar-featured-in-nortons-anthology-of-world-religions/) ![Spiritual Erotics, Part 2 – The Nature and History of Machismo and Its Feminine Counterpart As “Marianismo”](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/749_20_2.webp) ### [Spiritual Erotics, Part 2 – The Nature and History of Machismo and Its Feminine Counterpart As “Marianismo”](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-2-the-nature-and-history-of-machismo-and-its-feminine-counterpart-as-marianismo/) April 6, 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 It highlights [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/spiritual-erotics-part-2-the-nature-and-history-of-machismo-and-its-feminine-counterpart-as-marianismo/) [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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