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“Without God, Within Sky”

I started capturing scenes of weather around my house with my phone. This eventually spiraled into creating a video essay with music and a voice-over of the central sections of the paper.

Stumbling Upon God in Sylvia Wynter’s Fiction

Sylvia Wynter’s fiction invites us to think the secular and the religious together in order to open new “continents of the spirit” and new “planets of the imagination.”

A Tale of Two Mountains

Mt. Carmel represents a very particular vision of Divine power, one dependent on a definition of power that equates it entirely with the strength to impose one’s will on another – even to the point of death. It’s an astonishing demonstration, yet also an extremist one, requiring power to equal unfathomable force: the unquenchable fire and Elijah’s subsequent unquenchable thirst to eliminate his enemies.

Call for Papers: Political Theology Network Conference 2025

Consider submitting to one of six conference streams for PTN Conference 2025 from October 23-26, 2025 in Nashville, TN

PTNCON25: Call for Seminar Streams

The Political Theology Network is hosting our fifth in-person conference, which will be held in Nashville, TN, from October 23-26, 2025. See details below!

Political Theology Journal Welcomes New Members to its Editorial Collective

The Political Theology Editorial Collective welcomes new members Fatima Tofighi and Joseph Winters!

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Symposium on Video Essays

While in recent years there has certainly been a shift towards more thoughtful and creative presentations of academic ideas within the various contexts of academic life, academics, mostly still exclusively trained in text-centered methods and deliveries, are still grappling with a contemporary culture dominated by images and digital technology that has profoundly disrupted the standard traditions of academic expression.

Centering Active Nonviolence in Catholic Social Teaching

Tuning in to active nonviolence as a center of gravity in Jesus’ way, we can sense nonviolence as integral to the mission of the Catholic Church. This enables us to have a broader imagination of nonviolent praxis, a sturdier identity as interconnected beings, and an engrained commitment to better persist in active nonviolence even during difficult circumstances.