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Easter Courage: The Politics of Acts 5:27-32

…enact the very test I suspect all want the risen Christ to pass. Is he really dead flesh returned to life. Has the crucified one truly returned after such a…

Confronting the Existential Crisis of Political Theology

In this prolonged season of death and terror, it was perhaps easy to overlook the loss of Ernesto Cardenal, the mystic, poet, priest, and liberation theologian who died at 95…

The Woman Who Changed Jesus’ Mind About Dehumanizing Immigrants 

…us scratching our heads as we search for meaning; other texts leave us profoundly disturbed by their violent, misogynistic, and even dehumanizing characters. The Bible is not an easy book,…

AAR Political Theology Unit Call for Papers – 2024

The deadline for submission to the AAR Annual Meeting’s Political Theology Unit is February 29 (at 5:00pm American EST). If you haven’t submitted a proposal already, we would love to…

The Politics of Scripturing—Matthew 5:21-37

…it would make if God were dead. If God were dead, if God were never really real in the first place, or if God had somehow retired or withdrawn from…

Suffering, Resistance, and Resurrection – Anna Floerke Scheid

…a vision of the humanum – the human community fully flourishing. In Christian theology, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which we celebrate in a few weeks, is…

The Politics of Bedazzlement—Mark 9:2-9 (Mark Davis)

…they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. The story of the “transfiguration” begins with a time stamp—it occurs six days after Jesus makes…

My Fickle Friends by Bashar al-Assad

…Karimov as well, just because all his opposition is either dead or in prison. And the media too – just the other day our pictures were splashed across Vogue, and…

The “Third Iraq War” and the Tragedy of American History (Carl Raschke)

…Tragedies are not merely unanticipated incidents with terrible consequences, as when we use the word, for example, to describe the assassination of a president or a deadly car accident. Tragedies…

Archbishop José Gomez: “Stay Woke” During Advent

On Wednesday, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles posted a series of tweets reminding Christians to remain “awake” during the season of Advent, alert to the impending coming of Jesus…

Two Conferences Upcoming: “Economic Theology” and “Rethinking Political Catholicism”

…philosophical, ethical, historical, and social-scientific (and of course economic and theological) angles. For more information, see the the full Economic Theology Call for Papers (deadline 3/31). Immediately following, on May…

True Vines and True Branches

…The vinegrower helps the vine thrive as much as it can by pruning away the literal dead weight. The vine helps the vinegrower by producing as much fruit as it…