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View Article ### [What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/) Carl A. Raschke Almost a half century ago a change took place in the humanities, and by extension in the fledgling field of religious studies It highlights key arguments View Article ### [Trauma In Emmanuel Levinas’ Writing Body, Part 2 (Magdalena Sedmak)](/religioustheory/posts/trauma-in-emmanuel-levinas-writing-body-part-2-magdalena-sedmak/) Magdalena Sedmak The following is the second of a two part series. The first can be found here. The entire article appears in Issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 2 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-2-rebekah-howes/) Rebekah Howes The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. The earlier article by Prof. Hyman to which the author replies can be found View Article ### [Hegel Contra God – Replying To Gavin Hyman’s “New Hegel”, Part 1 (Rebekah Howes)](/religioustheory/posts/hegel-contra-god-replying-to-gavin-hymans-new-hegel-part-1-rebekah-howes/) Rebekah Howes The following is the first of a three-part series. The earlier article by Prof. Hyman to which the author replies can be found here It highlights key arguments View Article ### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 3 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-3-erik-meganck/) Erik Meganck The following is the third of a three part-series. The first can be found here, the second here. Where planning fails, despair grows Planning is also faithless. View Article ### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 2 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-2-erik-meganck/) Erik Meganck The following is the second of a three part-series. The first can be found here. Love is not the opposite of planning; openness is not the opposite of View Article ### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 1 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-1-erik-meganck/) Erik Meganck Philo-sophy literally means “love of wisdom.” But this can be read in more than one way. There is the well-known objective genitive, proposing that philosophers View Article ### [The Futurity Of God, Part 1 (Lenart Škof)](/religioustheory/posts/the-futurity-of-god-part-1-lenart-skof/) Lenart Škof God, if we hold to this word, is the future itself, or rather the eternal reservoir beyond time and creating time, who constantly projects himself or pours View Article ### [“Teach Me To Do What’s Right” – Faith, Hope, And Love As Post-Religious Virtues, Part 2 (A.G. Holdier)](/religioustheory/posts/teach-me-to-do-whats-right-faith-hope-and-love-as-post-religious-virtues-part-2-a-g-holdier/) A. G. Holdier The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. In short, then, despite the absence of God in Bad Times, the characters all come View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [“Scale Relative Ontology” And Simone Weil’s Spiritual Philosophy, Part 2 (N.E. Boulting](/religioustheory/posts/scale-relative-ontology-and-simone-weils-spiritual-philosophy-part-2-n-e-boulting/) N. E. Boulting The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Two not unrelated factors result in her rejection of ‘the New Science’ besides View Article ### [“Scale Relative Ontology” And Simone Weil’s Spiritual Philosophy, Part 1 (N.E. Boulting)](/religioustheory/posts/scale-relative-ontology-and-simone-weils-spiritual-philosophy-part-1-n-e-boulting/) N. E. Boulting Can the debilitating effects of Scientism – identifying knowledge solely “with science” – be overcome? To answer that question, Simone Weil’s treatment of her View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 3 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-3-kelly-maeshiro/) Kelly Maeshiro The following is the third of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. Philosophically speaking, Hegel’s Absolute idealism represented View Article ### [Modern Theology And The Dialectic Of God, Part 1 (Kelly Maeshiro)](/religioustheory/posts/modern-theology-and-the-dialectic-of-god-part-1-kelly-maeshiro/) 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 View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [God And Language, Lecture 6 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-language-lecture-6-johannes-zachhuber/) 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 View Article ### [Review – The Enigmatic Absolute (Stanimir Panayotov)](/religioustheory/posts/review-the-enigmatic-absolute-stanimir-panayotov/) Stanimir Panayotov *Joshua Ramey and Matthew S. Haar Farris (Eds.), Speculation, Heresy, and Gnosis in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: The Enigmatic Absolute 299 pages. View Article ### [Review – Performance Apophatics (John Matthew Allison)](/religioustheory/posts/review-performance-apophatics-john-matthew-allison/) John Matthew Allison *Claire Maria Chambers. Performance Studies and Negative Epistemology: Performance Apophatics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Hardback Hardback. It highlights View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [God And Existence, Lecture 4 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/god-and-existence-lecture-4-johannes-zachhuber/) Johannes Zachhuber The following is the fourth lecture in an eight-part lecture series. Readers can also refer to lectures one, two, and three It highlights key arguments View Article ### [Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-ii-olli-pekka-vaino/) Olli-Pekka Vaino The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. Postmodern thinking is generally suspicious against It highlights View Article ### [Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-i-olli-pekka-vaino/) Olli-Pekka Vaino Recently, Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformation has received heavy criticism in various theological and philosophical circles It highlights key arguments View Article ### [Admitting A Certain Fear of Zizek’s Theology – A Modest Plea For A Deleuzian Reading Of The Death Of God (Elijah Prewitt-Davis)](/religioustheory/posts/admitting-a-certain-fear-of-zizeks-theology-a-modest-plea-for-a-deleuzian-reading-of-the-death-of-god-elijah-prewitt-davis/) Elijah Prewitt-Davis I am told by Zizek—as well as Hegelian friends—that any attempt to argue or disagree with Hegel fits nicely within his dialectical scheme It highlights View Article ### [Review – Three Agambens on Display (S.J. Cowan)](/religioustheory/posts/review-three-agambens-on-display-the-metaphysical-political-and-literary-components-of-agambens-philosophical-lineage-sj-cowan/) S.J. Cowan Agamben’s Philosophical Lineage. Edited by Adam Kotsko and Carlo Salzani. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. ISBN-10: 1474423647 ISBN-10: 1474423647. View Article ### [Review—Whither Philosophy of Religion? (Benjamin Steele-Fisher)](/religioustheory/posts/review-whither-philosophy-of-religion-benjamin-steele-fisher/) 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 View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [Review – A Stranger Thought For Stranger Times (Liam Burrell)](/religioustheory/posts/review-a-stranger-thought-for-stranger-times-liam-burrell/) Liam Burrell *Smith, Anthony Paul. Laruelle: A Stranger Thought. Cambridge: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 0745671233. Hardcover, paperback, e-book Hardcover, paperback, e-book. View Article ### [Untimely Meditations on Techno-Theology and Theo-Poetics, Part 2 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](/religioustheory/posts/untimely-meditations-on-techno-theology-and-theo-poetics-part-2-john-panteleimon-manoussakis/) John Panteleimon Manoussakis **The following is the second half of the article. The first installment can be found here.** Richard Kearney’s theopoetics offers an alternative to the View Article ### [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/) 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 View Article ### [Philosophical Anthropology or Philosophy of Praxis? Axel Honneth and Andrew Feenberg on Lukács’ Theory of Reification (Konstantinos Kavoulakos)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophical-anthropology-or-philosophy-of-praxis-axel-honneth-and-andrew-feenberg-on-lukacs-theory-of-reification-konstantinos-kavoulakos/) Konstantinos Kavoulakos Axel Honneth’s Reification. A New Look at an Old Idea (2008) and Andrew Feenberg’s Philosophy of Praxis (2014) represent two recent publications, which give a View Article ### [The Place Of Das Ding – Psychoanalysis, Phenomenology, Religion, Part 2 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](/religioustheory/posts/the-place-of-das-ding-psychoanalysis-phenomenology-religion-part-2-john-panteleimon-manoussakis/) John Panteleimon Manoussakis The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first part can be found here. The foregoing has been an effort to inscribe das Ding within a View Article ### [Philosophy As Interdisciplinary Intensity – An Interview With Giorgio Agamben (Antonio Gnolio/Ido Govrin)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-interdisciplinary-intensity-an-interview-with-giorgio-agamben-antonio-gnolioido-govrin/) Antonio Gnolio; Ido Govrin The following is an interview with the famed Continental philosopher Giorgio Agamben conducted by journalist Antonio Gnolio It highlights key arguments View Article ### [Review – François Laruelle’s General Theory of Victims (John Matthew Allison)](/religioustheory/posts/review-francois-laruelles-general-theory-of-victims-john-matthew-allison/) John Matthew Allison *Laruelle, François. General Theory of Victims. Translated by Jessie Hock and Alex Dubilet. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0745679617 It highlights View Article ### [Review – Eugene Thacker’s “Cosmic Pessimism” (N.N. Trakakis)](/religioustheory/posts/review-eugene-thackers-cosmic-pessimism/) 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 View Article ### [Review – Jean-Pierre Couture Brings To Life The Ongoing Oeuvre of Peter Sloterdijk](/religioustheory/posts/review-jean-pierre-couture-brings-to-life-for-first-time-the-entire-works-of-sloterdijk/) editors *Couture, Jean-Pierre. Sloterdijk (Key Contemporary Thinkers). Boston: Polity, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN-10: 0745663818. Hardback, paperback, e-book, 208 pages View Article ### [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/) editors A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Sponsored by the University of Denver and the Colorado Analytic Forum View Article ### [Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](/religioustheory/posts/upcoming-conferences-call-for-papers/) editors Beyond Habermas? Critical Theory, Political Theology, and Interreligious Dialogue “Habermas’ postsecular perspective of socio-political integration has had a View Article ### [Life As Art – Aesthetic Virtue and Moral Obligation](/religioustheory/posts/life-as-art-aesthetic-virtue-and-moral-obligation/) editors Virtue ethics has received much attention throughout the last decades. While some of the corresponding works are dealing with questions of aesthetics, there View Article --- See [all tags](/tags). [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. Articles are open access under a [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license; authors retain copyright. Indexed by [EBSCO](https://www.ebsco.com/). 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