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  "textContent": "Raschke - The Deposition of the Sign - JCRT 3.1 \n\nThe Deposition of the Sign: Postmodernism and the Crisis of Religious Studies\n\nCarl A. Raschke  \nUniversity of Denver\n\n  \n\nAt present theological and religious studies have reached a crisis of severe magnitude. While religious faith and praxis continue strong worldwide and a swelling population of ordinary believers, particularly in Third World nations, defies decades-old expectations of triumphal secularity, religion as a theoretical issue becomes ever elusive and murky. At the same time theological conversation has paled into political and ideological wrangles posing as substantive theory, academic research in the area has shattered into a muddle of socio-cultural methodologies with no common thread except a vague interest in _res religiosa_, or \"matters religious.\"\n\n  \n\nNotes\n  \n\n> Carl A. Raschke is professor of religious studies at the University of Denver and senior editor of the Journal for Religious and Cultural Theory. His major books include _The End of Theology_ (The Davies Group, 2000), _Fire and Roses: Postmodernity and the Thought of the Body_ (SUNY 1996), _The Engendering God_ (Westminster Press, 1995), _Painted Black_ (Harper Collins, 1990), _Theological Thinking_ (Scholars Press, 1988). He is the author of over 200 popular and scholarly articles on subjects ranging from postmodern religious thought to computer-mediated education to new religious movements. He is formerly president of the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region of the American Academy of Religion and an editor of several series with the American Academy of Religion. He is also a well-known national media personality.\n\n  \n\n> \n\n  *\n\n ' 2001 Carl A. Raschke. All rights reserved.  \nUpdated 07/28/21.   \nhttp://jcrt.org/archives/03.1/raschke/\n\n---",
  "title": "The Deposition of the Sign: Postmodernism and the Crisis of Religious Studies"
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