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Looking for White in the Synoptic Problem

Ekaputra Tupamahu begins, “I see whiteness everywhere.” Even groceries are white; that is, anything that is new to white people is labeled as “ethnic.” Quoting Sara Ahmed, he notes that…

Book Preview: Zionism through Christian Lenses by Carole Monica Burnett

…regarded the characters, narratives, and cultic practices of the Hebrew Scriptures as prefigurations (“types”) of the ultimate reality to be revealed in Christ. Utilizing both Scripture and patristic works, this…

Welcome to Political Theology Today!

…have become accustomed to—The Politics of Scripture, Book (P)reviews, and First Person Politics—all with their own dedicated pages (and sections of the homepage). Joining them are three new categories, which…

Introducing Our New Managing Editor–Brad Littlejohn

…tuned for exciting changes as well as your favorite regular series—The Politics of Scripture, First Person Politics, and Book Previews. And thanks for your continued support of the blog!  …

Christian Theology, Born of the Light of Faith: A Response to Paul Griffiths

…wine made from Sicilian grapes. (5) Different forms of theology use different standards of discourse, and Catholic theology is defined by the Scriptures and magisterial teaching. Griffiths does add that…

…Furiasse (Nova Southeastern University) Sher Afgan Tareen (Morgan State University) Symposia editor(s): TBD The Politics of Scripture Editorial Team: Sunder John Boopalan (Canadian Mennonite University) Anna Bowden, Series Co-Editor (Louisville…

The African Youth Living Pope Francis’ Dream

…[…] Catholic social teaching principles are rooted in scripture. Therefore, you cannot have Catholic social principles without the Holy Scriptures, the Bible. But then Catholic social teaching principles have passed…

Whose apocalypse?

…change politics recurrently evokes a longstanding debate between realists advocating piecemeal reforms and revolutionaries calling for radical systemic change. Reformers see the inclusion of concessions as necessary to get a…

Announcing “Political Theology” 15.5

…Qutb, Hans Urs von Balthasar’s critique of nationalism, Jean-Luc Nancy, Agamben, and the politics of moral patience. See the full contents below. GUEST EDITORIAL: Reasoning about Exceptions – Ted A….

…(Contact Brandy Daniels) ASSEMBLY Podcast (contact co-hosts Sher Tareen and Amanda Furiasse) Critical Theory (contact Alex Dubilet or Vincent Lloyd) Politics of Scripture (Contact Tim McNinch) Catholic Re-Visions (contact Jacques…

Religion, State, Sovereignty: Interventions and Conversations

…which preoccupied a previous generation of scholars of religion and politics. Instead, the authors look at a power that intervenes to reform being itself, “the unity of life” or its…

At the End of Liberal Theory

…experience a shock of recognition in confronting the Constitution as scripture, American exceptionalism as theocracy, and the practice of American racism as rituals of sacrifice. Shulman’s American Prophecy doesn’t style-itself…