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Blackness

…such, blackness is relegated to the (Fanonian) zone of non-being, the (Pattersonian) province of the socially dead. As such, afropessimists claim that the only way for blackness—and therefore black people—to…

Don’t Just Stand There!—Acts 1:1-11

…The same (or similar) men appeared and asked the women who come to Jesus’ tomb, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5). Although Luke does…

Disciplinary crossings

…work, political and cultural anthropology, they have invited their colleagues to consider the materiality of the ineffable: the dead, the excess, the more-than-human, the negative. In political theology, or more…

QUICK TAKES – The Legality and Larger Meaning of Kentucky Clerk’s Refusal To Issue Marriage Licenses For LGBT Couples

…is asked whether she would be willing to use deadly force when necessary to protect the public. Assume only appropriate use of force here. Imagine that she responds, “No, I…

The Politics of Extravagance—John 12:1-8 (Robert Williamson)

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served,…

Unexpected Guides in a World Undone

…anoint the dead body of Jesus (Mark 16:1).  These small acts of attentive care seem unproductive. They do not prevent the death of Jesus, nor do they bring him back…

Examining Just Intelligence Theory

…authority, but have instead addressed the theory’s utility in restraining a police officer’s and/or police organization’s use of coercive – and especially deadly – force. In the wake of the…

Christ the King/Reign of Christ

…of Alan Gaunt:[5] People draw near to God in their distress, pleading for help and begging peace and bread, rescue from guilt and sickness, nearly dead. Christian or not, all…

On the Work of Mourning in Muñoz

…melancholic—one that, with drink in hand, gives accounts of the dead that form us while acknowledging the ultimate unknowability that distends all accounts of those dead within us. [1] Let…

<strong>Free for the Taking: Susan Taubes and the Lure of Literature</strong>

…a beauty, a girl with no heart.  “Dead” is the first of these appellations.  When we encounter Sophie in the first chapter, she is lying in a room in front…

Announcement – Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants

…understanding and approaches with the potential to influence legislative behavior. The Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants are generously funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The application deadline…

A Power Hungry Politician and a Vulnerable God—The Politics of Matthew 2:13-23

…flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 Then Joseph got up, took the child…