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Adam Beyt

Adam Beyt, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Saint Norbert College. His work focuses on Roman Catholic systematic theology, political theology, theological anthropology, queer theory, and decolonial philosophy. He is currently working on a manuscript tentatively titled Remaking Humanity: Embodiment and Hope in Catholic Theology.

Symposia

New Queer Re-Visions of Catholic Political Theology

How would Roman Catholic political theology and ethics change if it took seriously the experiences and thought of queer Catholics?

Essays

Butler, Norms, and Mystical-Political Hope

Judith Butler’s work in queer theory inspires Catholics to consider the material relations of the body and contributes to a mystical-political, eschatological hope.

Pussy Riot and the Church

This piece is from the Political Theology Network archives originally posted on August 23, 2012.

In Memoriam: Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas and the Journey of Theology Toward the Future

The prominent Eastern Orthodox theologian Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas of Pergamon (Ecumenical Patriarchate) passed in Athens, on February 2, 2023.

Vulnerability

From Myanmar to Mariupol, from the streets of Memphis to the waves and winds of the Mediterranean Sea: resistance to violence takes many forms. So does political protest against precarity. At which point does the unavoidable vulnerability of the living condition come to expression as political agency? Can such precarious politics constitute or configure an alternative community?