To explore what a justice-oriented philanthropy might look like, I will first grapple with the original usage of the term “philanthropy,” which originally applied to a much larger web of life. I…
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CFP | Deprovincializing Political Theology: Postcolonial and Comparative Approaches
by The Editors"Deprovincializing Political Theology: Postcolonial and Comparative Approaches" is a workshop organized by Vincent Lloyd (Villanova University) and Robert Yelle (LMU Munich), to be held October 26-27, 2019 at LMU Munich. The Call for Proposals is pasted below and can also be found here. Proposals consisting of a brief vita and a 150-250 word abstract of the work to be presented are due September 9. Proposals should be sent to both vincent.lloyd@villanova.edu and robertyelle@hotmail.com.
September 4, 2019
I swear
Martyrdom as sacrificial witness
September 3, 2019
I am happy to have been invited to participate in this forum on oaths—these powerful declarations—because I have been wrestling for some time with the question of how scholars in religious studies…
September 3, 2019
Gospels of giving
Private gifts, public possession
August 28, 2019
[I]n a post-Reagan neoliberal world, reform is just another name for privatization, moral slang for civic service that ultimately prioritizes corporate profits over public goods.
August 28, 2019
I swear
Against relevance
August 27, 2019
The oath used to mean something. It used to ensure the rectitude of our politics and the integrity of our law. It used to be the guarantee of our words as well…
August 27, 2019
I swear
I swear
August 27, 2019
This forum is on the oath: the promise, the pledge, the vow, equally the curse, the malediction, the blasphemy.
August 27, 2019
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