As we are prepared to empty ourselves, we can experience “the beginning of the other”, the Reign of God.
This guest editorial introduces the recently published special issue of Political Theology focused on Jacques Derrida’s Death Penalty Seminars.
There is a connection between addressing toilet provision as a justice issue and accepting the fact that no one can live without eliminating waste.
What the words of Lt. Calley teach us about how we see (and don’t see) our enemies.
Jeremiah dared to proclaim a covenant renewed, a world revived, a future resurrected. In the midst of a broken world, Jeremiah declared God’s endless fidelity, which brings forth life in the midst of death and despair.
Gendered public restrooms and confessionals operate by frighteningly similar schemas.
The necessary elimination of fluids from the body shouldn’t be the pretext for the unnecessary elimination of immigrants from the body politic.
“Do your business” is not just a command for Chloe to relieve; it is also an invitation to transgress boundaries and increase the flow of toilet justice.
To understand the meaning of John 3:16, we must reject the popular image of a docetic Jesus.
Jacob Zuma is out and Cyril Ramaphosa is in as President of South Africa. Is this a new beginning for the beleaguered Rainbow Nation?
Does political theology offer strategies for resisting injustice? Or should political theology itself be resisted (because it is part of the problem)? Of course, the answer is yes.