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…to Conversion is a better resource for Christian political engagement than Wallis’s more recent book, God’s Politics, which is characterized by a turn toward a “public church” social ethic. The accent has…

Gil Anidjar

If the term “political theology” indexes a form of questioning that emanates from the failure of religion or politics to represent a dominant mode of explanation or form of life,…

Call for Papers – “The Authority of the Church in Politics, The Future of Political Theology”

The Edward Schillebeeckx Project at KU Leuven will hold a three-day symposium on The Authority of the Church in Politics: The Future of Political Theology from November 3–5, 2016. The

Decentering History: Animals, Politics, and Religions

Can humans survive without animals, politics, and religions? How can the rising field of animal studies constitute a new perspective on ancient cultures worldwide? Julia Kindt’s The Trojan Horse and…

<strong>The Politics of ‘who Sinned?’</strong>

…concept of sin. Before, I engage on the politics of ‘who sinned’ from the text of John 9, allow me to say that this text needs sufficient theological care, caution…

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

…& unabridged edition containing material not previously translated. (New York: Macmillan, 1959), 45. [2] Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story : The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel, 1st…

Deep Interdisciplinarity and the Work of Political Theology

…have always been at the center of politics. If there is something novel about the contemporary political moment, however, it might be the increasingly widespread recognition of this fact within…

Beyond Globalism And Ethno-Nationalism – Glimpsing A Radical New Kind Of “Universalism” (Carl Raschke)

…back in February in a critique of the Clinton candidacy, that American politics is now at “peak neoliberalism, where a distorted version of identity politics is used to defend an…

Beyond The Secular And Enchanted Binary -The “Deep Stories” Informing Contemporary Conservatism (Roger Green)

…of Representation in Politics, Religion and Culture,” I am hyperaware of the cognitive space the last year’s election continues to occupy. I am also anxious to leave that cognitive space…

The Politics of the Mob—John 19:1-16a (Alastair Roberts)

…to scapegoat others in their name.[3] This social contagion is like a canker deep within our political life, affecting our politics at every level, from the political conversation around the

The Politics of Conquest—Genesis 12:1-9 (Amy Allen)

…to count. However, while the term “conquest” may primarily imply national or global politics, it is hardly limited to those spheres. In perhaps more mundane, but no less life-altering ways,…

The Politics of Word of Mouth—John 1:35-51 (Alastair Roberts)

…provide a standard against which we examine our own involvement in political campaigning and an ideal to which we can aspire. A politics where the invitation to come and see,…