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A Roundup Of Statements Of American Religious Leaders On Charlottesville

The violence that left one dead and 19 injured at a rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia – home of the University of Virginia – this past weekend…

On the State of Political Theology Today (Ted Smith)

…body that can be conceived as being divided. They ask about the relationships between people and land. They ask about relationships between the living and the dead. They ask about…

The Politics of a Homeland—Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 (Amy Allen)

…too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, ‘as many…

Can the language that we use and take for granted be such a problem for public theology? As we search for a vision, a sense of purpose, a dream that…

The Super Bowl?  (Part 2 of a dialogue about religion, sports, and capitalism)

…through the activity of sport: sacrifices to Zeus and military“cease-fires” during competition and, importantly, the necessity of performing potentially deadly activities nude. What we see at work in Sport today…

Quentin Meillassoux

…world-configuration, cosmic “immanence is not of this world” (2010, 468). And while, in this world, God is dead or does not exist, and all death is final, a messianic world…

PTN 2021: The Year in Review

…by an editorial collective of ten experts from around the world. (While the official CFP deadline for the keywords series has passed, queries are still welcome – more information here.)…

The “Sigh of the Oppressed Creature” in-between Theology and Anthropology

…or searched here. Experience constitutes itself against the empiricism of normality.” (153)   Sölle’s publications fill up with observations that could be characterized as empirical—ethnographic or quasi-ethnographic perhaps—as she draws…

The Postcolonial Temple

…do not fear. 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the…

A Post-election Confession and Plea (Hollis Phelps)

…I voted for her Republican challenger Thom Tillis, who ended up winning her Senate seat by a slight margin. But as someone whose politics are squarely and unapologetically on the…

Unity of Being against State and Capital

…sacred sovereignty that radically differed from, but also intersected with, modern imperial state sovereignty. His epic ripples across the Arabian Sea. In hearing his story, we follow the travels of…

The Politics of Widows’ Gifts—Mark 12:38-44 (Jan Rippentrop)

…have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! 40 They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive…