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Mac Loftin

Mac Loftin received a PhD in theology at Harvard University, where he studied how theologies of sacrament address vulnerability, loss, and community. His research focuses on eucharistic theology’s complicity (and possible tensions) with historical and contemporary fascism. He serves as Managing Editor of the journal Political Theology.

Essays

The Experimental-Theological Mode

We invited Mac Loftin, Hanna Reichel, and Phil Christman, authors of recent books speaking to our present moment of crisis, to reflect on the other two books — and the state of the world.

Choosing the Lesser Evil is Still Choosing Evil

On Tuesday, we perhaps must break the commandment to feed the hungry, heal the sick, welcome the stranger, free the prisoner – to love “the least of these” as if they were God incarnate.