Political Theology Network
The Political Theology Network aims to be a hub for exploring the intersection of religious and political ideas and practices. The Network is interdisciplinary, publicly engaged, and committed to building links between theologians, practitioners, and humanities scholars. Riding a wave of scholarly interest in political theology that itself follows the increasing visibility of religion in public life, the Network seeks to create the infrastructure that will allow this interest to flourish in the long term, supporting discussions of political theology in the classroom, in scholarly research, and in the public arena. By bringing scholars thinking with the term “political theology” from throughout the humanities together with scholars of religious traditions, we aim to thicken the appreciation of religion’s complexity among the former while sharpening the critical edge of the latter.Symposia
PTN welcomes four short meditations on the José Esteban Muñoz’s posthumous book.
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We present some AAR/SBL Annual Meeting 2025 sessions sponsored by the PTN-afilliated Political Theology Program Unit.
Consider submitting to one of six conference streams for PTN Conference 2025 from October 23-26, 2025 in Nashville, TN. Proposals are due June 3, 2025.
Consider submitting to one of six conference streams for PTN Conference 2025 from October 23-26, 2025 in Nashville, TN
This following post includes political theology related panels and events happening at the AAR/SBL Conference in San Diego California this year. Below you can find the times, locations, and much more, as it is presented in the online program book.
The following post contains information that may be of interest for those attending AAR/SBL in San Antonio this year.
The journal Political Theology announces a call for papers for a special issue on “Russia and Christian Nationalism,” guest edited by Regina Elsner and Dmitry Uzlaner. Proposals are due December 15.
On September 19, 2023, the philosopher Gianni Vattimo died in Turin. What follows is collection of reflections on Vattimo’s legacy for political theology.
The journal Political Theology announces a call for papers for a special issue on “Marx and Revolution,” guest edited by Sara-Maria Sorentino and Mikkel Flohr. Proposals are due December 15.
Catholic Re-Visions welcomes proposals for its next slate of content. How might we talk of “Catholicism,” being attentive to the past, while engaging with the messy present, to encounter a future that is not yet known?
The journal Political Theology announces new members of its editorial team.
An updated date and call for the PTN Conference stream “Naming the Anthropos in Anthropocene: A Political Theology of (Hu)Man” has been released. See the call here.
Read the Table of Contents of Political Theology’s most recent issue!
The Political Theology announces its 2023 conference and invites proposals for seminar streams.
The Political Theology Network invites proposals for curating a discussion that all respond to a novel, contemporary question at the intersection of critical theory and political theology.
The following post contains information that may be of interest for those attending AAR/SBL in Denver this year.
The journal Political Theology and the Political Theology Network invite you to join in a Gathering in Denver on November 18 from 6:30-9pm.
On Thursday, November 10 at 6 PM Eastern Time, the Political Theology Network will host a webinar conversation around Charles Mills’ The Racial Contract.
How is the term “political theology” used today, and how does it add to our understandings of theology and politics?
In keeping with the Center’s focus on scholarly and public engagement with issues at the intersection of politics and religion in the United States, we invite reflection on Weil that considers her thought in dialogue with religious life in the US. Please send your 500-word abstracts on Weil and political theology to Fannie Bialek and Ben Davis by November 15, 2022.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Charles Mills’ death. To commemorate his life and the 25th anniversary of his influential work, The Racial Contract, we invited scholars to respond to the question: How has The Racial Contract helped you think in new ways about the connections between religion, theology, and politics? Here are their reflections on Mills’ legacy in their own work and beyond.
The Israeli writer A. B. Yehoshua died on June 14. We invited scholars of Jewish studies, literature, and politics to reflect on Yehoshua’s significance and legacy.
The PTN Executive Committee welcomes Dr. Wonhee Anne Joh and Dr. Tommy Lynch into its ranks.
The journal Political Theology announces its new leadership structure, welcoming three new editors and a new assistant editor.
The Brink, the blog of the journal Political Theology, invites proposals for symposia that expand conversations about political theology in the direction of the comparative, the colonial, the postcolonial, or the decolonial.
Catholic Re-Visions will host a zoom conversation between the authors of the recent Catholic Worker Symposium. Register here.
The PTN Mentoring Initiative will host a webinar conversation on March 4, noon-1pm EST. RSVP required.
The Center for Political Theology at Villanova University invites proposals for symposia of 2-6 contributors to be featured on its new blog, Literature and Political Theology.
Scholars and practitioners based in Africa are encouraged to submit a paper proposal on the topic “New Directions in African Political Theologies.”
The PTN Executive Committee is accepting nominations. Find out more about the role and how to nominate someone.
The journal Political Theology is happy to announce the addition of Muna Tatari and Pantelis Kalaitzidis to its editorial board.
The Political Theology Network Mentoring Initiative will hold this conversation on January 28, 2022 from 1-2:30 PM EST. Please RSVP for the link.
PTN invites Ph.D. students who identify as women or gender nonbinary to apply to the PTN Dissertation Workshop with a special emphasis on “(How to do) political theology without men?” The deadline to apply is now February 1!
The PTN Executive Committee looks back on multiple PTN initiatives throughout 2021 and looks forward to many new opportunities in 2022.
The journal Political Theology has published volume 22, issue 8.
We present some AAR/SBL Annual Meeting 2021 sessions that might be of interest to members of the Political Theology Network.
The Center for Political Theology is launching a new blog that interrogates the relationship between Catholic theology and political theology! Please consider submitting a symposium proposal.
The Political Theology Network invites proposals for its third conference to be held in Tempe, Arizona on April 7th-9th, 2022, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University. The deadline for submission has been extended to 12/31.
PTN Dissertation Writing Group seeks new members for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The Political Theology Network community remembers Tyler Roberts, who died on June 3, 2021 at the age of 61.
PTN announces John Boopalan as its new Managing Editor.
The journal Political Theology publishes Volume 22, Issue 6. Please enjoy a look into its contents with abstracts of each article.
The Political Theology Network seeks proposals for its next series of essays on Critical Theory for Political Theology 2.0 from the fields of feminist theory, queer theory, decolonial studies, Black studies, or Indigenous studies.
The Political Theology Network is hosting a virtual discussion group on the themes of art, captivation, and attunement.
Milinda Banerjee, Karma Ben Johanan, Méadhbh McIvor, and Wonchul Shin take on new roles at the journal Political Theology
Please join the PTN event on “Religion and Freedom in the Post-Communist Orthodox World” co-sponsored with Fordham’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center
Please join the Political Theology Network for a special roundtable on Rosenzweig’s The Star of Redemption on June 1st at 4-5:30 PM EST
The journal Political Theology announces a call for proposals for its special issue on (how to do) political theology without men, as well as for an article development workshop for junior scholars and practitioners.
Please join a joint event “What Good Is Theory? Religion, Critique, and Truth.” Now Recording is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93amRjwBn_I
On Saturday April 24th, the Political Theology Network will be hosting a virtual Mentoring Festival for graduate students, dissertation writers, and other emerging scholars.
The journal Political Theology publishes Volume 22, Issue 2, including Roundtable Discussion on The Secular States of Race: Islamophobia, State Violence, Public Theologies
The journal Political Theology is delighted to announce six new members of our editorial board
PTN Discussion Group will engage political theologies of loss every other Thursday starting Feb 11 at 5:30-7:00 p.m. ET
PTN is now launching membership! Please consider becoming a member!
The Protestant Political Thought Project at the University of Cambridge calls for proposals for its conference “Reclaiming Christianity from Populism”
The Political Theology Network is hosting a virtual discussion group on the Journal Political Theology’s Special Issue on Foucault
The PTN presents the 2021 Winter Workshop Series online via Zoom on Mondays from January 4 to March 1
The journal Political Theology publishes Volume 21, Issue 8
We introduce AAR/SBL 2020 sessions that might be of interest to the Political Theology Network
The PTN calls for proposals for the Winter Workshop Series on “The Politics of Death and Life”
The journal Political Theology publishes Volume 21, Issue 7
PTN is now accepting applications from PhD students for participating in a virtual Dissertation Workshop in January 2021
The journal Political Theology announces call for proposals for its Special Issue on Affect, Temporality, and Political theology
The Political Theology Network receives now applications for the 2020-2021 PTN Mentoring Initiative
PTN Dissertation Writing Group is seeking new members for the 2020-2021 academic year
The journal Political Theology publishes its special issue on Jean Bodin and the Sovereignty of Exclusion
This new issue includes a guest editorial by Elettra Stimilli and also features articles on populism, anger, and anarchism, as well as an expanded version of the round robin discussion of Islamophobia that first appeared as a symposium on this website.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Political Theology Network presents Summer 2020 Workshop Series online, via Zoom, weekly starting on July 13 until August 24
The journal Political Theology recently released a new issue, 21:4, guest edited by Paul Billingham and Jonathan Chaplin. It is part of an initiative to gather political theorists interested in religion and scholars of religion interested in political theory, and it is being published in coordination with a special issue of the journal Social Theory and Practice.
Political Theology Network announces call for proposals on contemporary critical theory for political theology (Due by August 15, 2020)
The contributors to the edited volume Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics have crafted brief reflections on the 2020 uprisings
The journal Political Theology announces calls for papers for three special issues on (1) Incarceration, (2) Black Thought, and (3) Settler Colonialism
The Political Theology Network is hosting a virtual discussion group on the themes of riot, strike, and uprising.
The PTN announces call for proposals and nominations for the Summer 2020 Virtual Workshop Series
Announcing a new book series “Transforming Political Theologies” published by Routledge.
We welcome four new members to the journal editorial team.
Please join us in congratulating and welcoming this excellent cohort of scholars to the Political Theology Network.