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The Dialogical Nature of Religious Freedom in Dignitatis Humanae

search for truth is dialogical in nature, or, in other words, that the “environment in which men can without hindrance be invited to the Christian faith” must take the form…

Partition and/as Political Theology: A Conversation with Kieran Griffiths

…priest Fr Edward Daly waves a bloodied handkerchief before him as a group of men carry the fatally-wounded body of a 17-year-old boy in search of medical treatment.[2] The White…

Catherine Malabou

…of faith in the aims and ideals of Marxist-led critique, a search for a new way of relating to meaning and time has led towards an engagement with what are…

Recent Books in Religion and Politics

…Is in the Sea: The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento (Princeton University Press (November 7, 2023) “Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking activist scholarship exemplifies the theories and praxes of Black liberation…

The Coming Near of God—Luke 21:25-36

25‘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. 26People…

On Unity, Liberty and Charity

…political theological debate when searching for new ways to deliberate amidst diverse viewpoints and backgrounds. Rather, for those interested in the vitality of democratic practices, these essays aim to pursue…

Call for Papers: Political Theology Network Conference 2025

…affects and relationalities that can have unpredictable and varied political effects. Submit proposals to [email protected] and [email protected] Impossible Animals: Origin, History, Myth Facilitators: Sara-Maria Sorentino and Sean Capener This seminar…

…for. This text calls humanity to hopeful preparedness, it exhorts the audience to eagerly expect emerging transformation. This weeks gospel text moves us closer to advent, a season of preparation,…

…the Protestant Reformation and the thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Now that the election season is over in America, it might be a good time to take a step back and…

Hannah’s Lessons to Two Men (on learning to be good men)

…than ten sons?” 9 After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside…

The Politics of Healing—Mark 1:29-39 (John Allen)

…him. 37 When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ 38 He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighbouring towns, so that I may…

Political Hypocrisy and True Ritual—Isaiah 1:1, 10–20

searing indictment of the nation of Judah. Their land now lies desolate, their cities burned with fire with only a few survivors left (verses 7-9). Had YHWH not mercifully spared…