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Critical Theory for Political Theology 2.0

To Build Jerusalem

Davidson’s Saving Utopia narrates the decline and renews the call for utopic vision, but, if we forget the imbrication of heaven with hell—of utopia with dystopia—we will be doomed to repeat it.

What Pope Leo’s ‘Call to Disarmament’ Means for Dialogue, Just War Theory—and Possibly LGBTQ+ Issues

Pope Leo’s call for disarmament goes so far as to claim that Catholic teaching on just war theory is outdated and needs to be replaced by dialogue and diplomacy. Could the same be said for Catholic teachings on sex and gender?

Caesar’s Economy or God’s?

The economy of Spirit, like God’s polity, is countercultural. The way out of the trap of living within the lie that the world is defined by boundaries shaped by tyranny and obedience to it, is to tell the truth that life demands freedom and creativity, valuing relationships over material things.

Caesar’s Economy or God’s?

The economy of Spirit, like God’s polity, is countercultural. The way out of the trap of living within the lie that the world is defined by boundaries shaped by tyranny and obedience to it, is to tell the truth that life demands freedom and creativity, valuing relationships over material things.

PTNCON27: Call for Seminar Streams

The Political Theology Network is hosting our sixth in-person conference, which will be held in Nashville, TN, from April 29 to May 2, 2027. Would you like to coordinate a thematic stream?

The Stack: PTN’s Thematic Newsletters

PTN members now receive a monthly thematic reading list with the most recent conversations on their topics of choice.

Catholic Re-Visions

Theological Negotiations: Pope Leo, President Trump, and Their Others

When authority is reduced to the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots,’ we also reduce the figures within these debates to mere political caricatures of one another, trapped in a cat fight from which there is no escape.

Reevaluating Charisma

As is the case with religion, progressive intellectuals tend to look on charisma with suspicion, relegating it to the realm of authoritarian and manipulative politics.