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Jayne Svenungsson

Jayne Svenungsson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University in Sweden. Currently director of the multidisciplinary research program At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present, her research focuses on political theology and philosophy of history. Her latest monograph is Divining History: Prophetism, Messianism and the Development of the Spirit (Berghahn, 2016). Co-edited volumes include Jewish Thought, Utopia and Revolution (Rodopi, 2014), Monument and Memory (LIT Verlag, 2015), Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology (Palgrave, 2017) and The Ethos of History: Time and Responsibility (Berghahn, 2018).

Symposia

Symposium: Daniel Bensaïd and Political Theology
Symposium: Daniel Bensaïd and Political Theology

Essays

On the Necessary Revolutionary Slowness

In an era of shrinking democratic space, Bensaïd’s prophetic pathos cuts through both quietism and theatrical revolt, demanding a radicalism patient enough to build and urgent enough to act.

Beyond the Politics of Numbness

Against the backdrop of Gaza and Europe’s muted response, this essay reflects on Elad Lapidot’s challenge to recognize the violence hidden in the language of peace.