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Essays

Discovering Easter Joy—Mark 16.1-8

At Easter we should remember that anger and fear cannot win, but that joy can.

Race and “Corruption” in Brazil

If evil is the privation or perversion of a good, the real evil in the old-new Brazilian meaning of “corruption” is the dereliction of the divine goodness in the human neighbor and the nonfeasance neglect of God’s living presence amid the oppressed.

The Porcelain Throne

A toilet-seat protest displays the inextricable entwinement of white supremacy and cis supremacy, taking its place in the long pedigree of toilet-centered fears and bigotry.

The Beginning of Another World—Philippians 2:5-11

As we are prepared to empty ourselves, we can experience “the beginning of the other”, the Reign of God.

Matters of Life and Death

This guest editorial introduces the recently published special issue of Political Theology focused on Jacques Derrida’s Death Penalty Seminars.

Breaking a Powerful Silence

There is a connection between addressing toilet provision as a justice issue and accepting the fact that no one can live without eliminating waste.

My Lai after Fifty Years

What the words of Lt. Calley teach us about how we see (and don’t see) our enemies.

The Relentless Fidelity of God—Jeremiah 31:31-34

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.

Bathroom Confessional

Gendered public restrooms and confessionals operate by frighteningly similar schemas.

Peeing in Public is Never a Crime

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

“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.