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The following is the second part of a transcript of one of our ongoing “Critical Conversations” with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley

The Futurity Of God, Part 2 (Lenart Škof)

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. In a chapter titled “The Magic of Being Mormon”, Stephen H It highlights

Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)

The following is the first of a three-part series. In this article I seek to analyze spiritual phenomena using contemporary mythological and pop-cultural

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Can the debilitating effects of Scientism – identifying knowledge solely “with science” – be overcome? To answer that question, Simone Weil’s treatment of her

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The directors of The Whitestone Foundation, the Colorado-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that has published The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

Looking For Reviewers

We are looking for authors to review the a variety books in different topic areas related to religious and cultural theory It highlights key arguments

“Notations” – Call for Contributors

In addition to reviews and commentaries, the new JCRT feature “religious theory” (jcrt.org/religioustheory), updated regularly, will publish in an ongoing

Review – Reframing Schelling (Rolando Rodriguez)

Daniel Whistler, **Schelling’s Theory of Symbolic Language: Forming the System of Identity (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013), 261 ppgs + xi**

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This article is the last of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk

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This article is the second of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk

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This article appears in three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk Conference

Review – Bahai Religion And Religious Cycles (Rebekah Gordon)

Sergeev, Mikhail. Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity, and the Baha’i Faith. Amsterdam: Brill Rodopi, 2015. ISBN-10:9004300031. Paperback

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*Bernico, Matt, and Kölke, Manuela (Eds.). Ontic Flows: From Digital Humanities to Posthumanities. New York: Atropos Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 1940813085 It

Forging A Path From Theory To Theology – Review Essay (Matt Waggoner)

*Blanton, Ward. Crockett, Clayton. Robbins, Jeffrey. Vahanian, Noëlle. An Insurrectionist Manifesto: Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics (Insurrections:

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Axel Honneth’s Reification. A New Look at an Old Idea (2008) and Andrew Feenberg’s Philosophy of Praxis (2014) represent two recent publications, which give a

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-book

Newest Titles For Review – Freud, Nussbaum, Angst, The Crucified God, Etc.

Religious Theory has just added new titles for which we are looking for reviewers (listed below). If you would like to review one of them, please send an email

Spinoza’s Theory of Religion – Stabilized Superstition (Ehud Benor)

The best interpretations of Spinoza’s philosophy would lead us to believe that, for Spinoza, religion is superstition. Henry Allison’s account is an excellent

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Throughout Church history Christians have used various images and illustrations to explain why God became a human and died, and why these actions have been

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Kovács, Ábrahám, and James L. Cox, Editors. New Trends and Recurring Issues in the Study of Religion: Context and Overview. Budapest: L’Harmattan, 2014

Review – François Laruelle’s General Theory of Victims (John Matthew Allison)

*Laruelle, François. General Theory of Victims. Translated by Jessie Hock and Alex Dubilet. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0745679617 It highlights

Review – Whence and Whither Posthumanism? (Bo Eberle)

*White, Ryan. The Hidden God: Pragmatism and Posthumanism in American Thought. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0231171005 Hardcover, e-book.

Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)

The following is the second installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been

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*Welborn, Larry L. Paul’s Summons to Messianic Life: Political Theology and the Coming Awakening (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and

A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)

The following is the first installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research Platform on Religion and Transformation from the

Review – Giorgio Agamben and the Theory of Civil War (Ignas Kalpokas)

*Agamben, Giorgio. Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics). Translated by Nicholas Heron Translated by Nicholas Heron.

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 a

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*Schaefer, Donovan O. Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2015. ISBN 10: 978-0-8223-5982-1, 10: It highlights

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*Couture, Jean-Pierre. Sloterdijk (Key Contemporary Thinkers). Boston: Polity, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN-10: 0745663818. Hardback, paperback, e-book, 208 pages

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Nietzsche’s advice to young authors was to never admit error, for our critics will neither give an inch nor forgive our humility in siding against ourselves

Review Essay – Peter Sloterdijk on Social Bonds, Freedom, and Religion

The English reception of Peter Sloterdijk has been ambivalent at best, relying largely on hearsay from European interlocutors (Žižek especially) or gossip about

Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT

Religious Theory is the new commentary, review, and conversation blog for The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key arguments and