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Binu Varghese

Binu Varghese is a speaker and writer. He holds a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary and MA in theology from Fuller Theological seminary. His work has been published in the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History and Asian Journal of Women’s Studies. He focuses on the intersection of religion, race, and caste in the context of the Indian diaspora. He also has strong interest in decolonial thinking and post-colonial studies.

Essays

Towards A Theology of Black and Brown Body

In the theater of life’s unmitigated pain and chaos, roles are played within the capacities and limitations of the black and brown body. They are seen unchained and risen to life in the crucified and resurrected body of Jesus Christ

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?