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Cuba: Navigating Reconciliation in a Sea of Dangerous Memories – Ramón Luzárraga

…families who left Spain for Cuba in search of a better life. My paternal grandfather, the first Ramón Luzárraga, arrived in Cuba in the 1920s, developed a successful dry goods…

Advent is a Time of Learning the Skill of Waiting

…and death to be experienced in a saturated manner. Advent season is also Autumn season. During Autumn, one sees the open display of resiliency among plants. Trees begin to shed…

In this episode of Assembly, we talk with Adam Kotsko about his reconceptualization of Carl Schmitt’s idea of political theology in his latest book, Neoliberalism’s Demons. We also talk about…

Love, Unexpected

…Soliloquy” in The Charlie Brown Christmas is a part of the Luke text often read on Christmas Eve. The beloved movie is a familiar one during this season, but I…

Season 2, Ep. 4: Calvin & Political Theology with Michelle Sanchez

In this episode, Zac and Amaryah discuss Michelle Sanchez’s recent book, Calvin and the Resignification of the World: Creation, Incarnation, and the Problem of Political Theology in the 1559 Institutes….

Season 2, Episode 3.1: Gil Anidjar and the Critique of Political Theology

On this episode of Assembly, Zac and Amaryah discuss the work of Gil Anidjar, especially his book, Blood, and his critique of Christianity and political theology. Stay tuned for more…

Season 2, Episode 3.2: Najeeba Syeed and Lap Yan Kung

On this episode of the ASSEMBLY podcast, we pick up where we left off in sharing our interviews from 2019’s PTN Conference. Here, Amaryah interviews two of the conference keynotes,…

The Cloister and the Chamber: In search of Australian political philosophy (by Marion Maddox)

This is the first post in a series on religion and political thought in Australia. See introduction here. By Marion Maddox, Macquarie University. For decades now, we seem to have…

Living Hopefully in a Time of Despair—Jeremiah 32:1–3a, 6–15

…my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. 11Then I…

Books We Love, Part 5

…articulate the co-constitutive and coterminous relations between Asian American and Asia particularly the relation between Korea and Korean America. Contrary to the ‘in search of the American Dream’ narrative foisted…

The Politics of Waiting—Luke 21:25-36 (Mark Davis)

26 ‘There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves….

QUICK TAKES – Should We in the West Make An Effort Not to Insult Other People’s Religions?

…assembly, and petition is unique. Muhammad is dead – so who do insults hurt? From a strict Islamic theological perspective, there is nothing that any one of us on earth…