What does Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion mean for NASA’s Artemis program? A domino of timeline lapses and strategic failures.Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the timing and outcome of the first Mark 1 lander flight, and what NASA shares about the crewed Mark 2 are the key things to watch out for.jatan.space·May 29·17 min readArtemis rejigcatalyzed Moonbase planscrewed Artemis II lunar flybyannouncing firm, fixed price contracts
Why Trump Is Afraid of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and “The View”Nnewrepublic.com [Unofficial]·May 22·2 min readVideoRight NowJimmy KimmelStephen Colbert
Unlocking the future of Disney: Has the ‘Disney adult’ become more important than kids?Deseret News [Unofficial]·May 15·11 min readresponseweddings and vow renewalsadults-only spacesdescribes itself
critical-conversations-the-power-of-political-erasure-a-seminar-with-arthur-bradley-announcementsSign up for this online seminar with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley on the compelling and most timely issue of “political erasure.“The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Mar 2·3 min readFollowtheoryPostspoliticalcriticalsovereignty
lets-get-real-about-race-two-very-timely-upcoming-online-seminars-announcementIt’s time to get real when we talk these days about race and racism. Ever since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the late spring of 2020 at theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Aug 23·5 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticalpoliticalmajority
difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcementWhen: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10 am-12 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) Register for online seminar: It highlights key arguments and implications forThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jul 26·3 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticaltheorydiscussion
critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcementWhen: Tuesday, June 29, 10am Mountain Standard Time How: Zoom. By Advance Registration. Please register at the following link below It highlights key argumentsThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jun 4·4 min readFollowtheoryPostsphilosophyneoliberalismtheology
critical-conversations-9-economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-announcementParticipants are invited to join us live in the ninth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Apr 19·5 min readFollowtheoryPoststheologyeconomicphilosophy
Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)An earlier version of this posting had the date listed as “December,” which would imply the webinar had already occurred It highlights key arguments andThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Dec 29·2 min readFollowtheoryPostsdecolonialitycriticalcoloniality
critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcementParticipants are invited to join us live in the fifth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Nov 18·4 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticalnativetheology
critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcementParticipants are invited to join us live in the fourth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Nov 3·4 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticalglobalneoliberalism
Critical Conversations -“Subjectivities Since The Sixties” (Announcement)Participants are invited to join us live in the second of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Sep 21·4 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticalpoliticaldemocracy
Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)“Critical Conversations” is an ongoing initiative of Whitestone Publications. The main sponsor of the current series is The New Polis It highlights keyThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jul 30·3 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticalcognitiveepistemic
kenosis-emancipation-pastness-reflections-from-a-jew-part-2-sarah-pessinEmphasized in a temporalized modality, and bringing together elements of our phenomenological and political reflections above, we may specifically unpack theThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jul 1·11 min readFollowtheoryPostschristianityliberalismpastness
beyond-religious-ideas-the-legacy-of-max-weber-in-critical-theory-and-critical-religion-joel-harrisonThis article was initially published in The New Polis, March 23, 2018. In his essay “The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion,” Donald WiebeThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jun 19·18 min readFollowtheoryPostsreligionreligiouscritical
announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thoughtThe directors of The Whitestone Foundation, the Colorado-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that has published The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Mar 16·3 min readFollowtheoryPostspoliticalcriticalcultural
review-ontic-flows-from-digital-humanities-to-posthumanities-dean-dettloff*Bernico, Matt, and Kölke, Manuela (Eds.). Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities. New York: Atropos Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 1940813085 ItThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·May 25·7 min readFollowtheoryPostsdigitalonticreligious
Review – Badiou Is Not Afraid of The Dark (Mason Davis)*Badiou, Alain. Black: The Brilliance of a Non-Color. Translated by Susan Spitzer. New Jersey: Polity, 2016. ISBN-10: 1509512071. Hardcover, paperback, e-bookThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Feb 2·6 min readFollowtheoryPostsdarknessdialecticanthropology
Review – Aaron Hughes’ ‘Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity’ (Daniel Tutt)*Hughes, Aaron. Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity: An Inquiry into Disciplinary Apologetics and Self-Deception. London: Equinox Publishing, 2016 ItThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Sep 22·14 min readFollowtheoryPostsislamicscholarshipreligion
review-l-l-welborns-synthesis-of-new-testament-scholarship-and-critical-theorys-recent-interest-in-the-apostle-paul-benjamin-steele-fisher*Welborn, Larry L. Paul’s Summons to Messianic Life: Political Theology and the Coming Awakening (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, andThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Aug 25·11 min readFollowtheoryPostscriticaltheorypolitical
What Is A Dispositif? – Part 1 (Gregg Lambert)The following article by internationally known theory scholar Gregg Lambert is the first of a two-part series. The concept of “dispositif” is best known as aThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Jul 11·13 min readFollowtheoryPostsgeneralquestioncritical
review-jean-pierre-couture-brings-to-life-for-first-time-the-entire-works-of-sloterdijk*Couture, Jean-Pierre. Sloterdijk (Key Contemporary Thinkers). Boston: Polity, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN-10: 0745663818. Hardback, paperback, e-book, 208 pagesThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory·Apr 15·8 min readFollowtheoryPostspoliticaltheorycritical