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Essays

Too Soon for Apologies?

I suspect that, until the character of our culture has changed, individual apologies will continue to be insufficient and inadequate.

The Silence of the Messiah—Mark 1:29-39 (J. Leavitt Pearl)

Sometimes effective resistance necessitates speech or decisive direct action. Yet sometimes resistance also demands a tactical silence.

As One Having Authority—Mark 1:21-28

One of the most striking features of Jesus’s teaching and practice was its authority, which both liberated and bound his hearers. Does the Church dare to speak with authority today?

On Embryos In Burning Buildings

Are Abortion Arguments Rationally Indeterminable?

Forget Schmitt!

Political Theology Must Follow Agamben’s “Double Paradigm” of Sovereignty. The following is the guest editorial for the current issue of the print journal Political Theology (Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2018). 

Political Theology, Vol. 19, Issue 1 Now Available

Political Theology, Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2018 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.