When it comes to political theology, everything old is new again. At least that is the impression given by the…
The renaissance of political theology
political theology
Blood: A Critique of Christianity
The starting point for Gil Anidjar’s ambitious and daring new book, Blood: A Critique of Christianity, is that modern concepts…
Pope Francis and liberation theology
One year into Francis’s papacy, many observers—both inside and outside the Catholic community—are still holding their breath. He has certainly…
Theorizing religion in modern Europe
On March 7-8, 2014, Harvard University will be hosting an international conference entitled "Theorizing Religion in Modern Europe."
The Future of Illusion: Political Theology and Early Modern Texts
The last decade has witnessed a veritable scholarly obsession with the subject of political theology: a multifaceted concept with varying…
CFP: Post-Secularism Between Public Reason and Political Theology
Guest Editors Camil Ungureanu and Lasse Thomassen are requesting submissions for a special issue of the journal The European Legacy…
On the passing of Jean Bethke Elshtain
Well-known ethicist and scholar Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago recently passed away on August 11, 2013.
CFP: The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred Engagements in Literature and Theory
The Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature will host its annual conference on The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred…
One nation under Gun?
How could a human invention hold such sway over us as a people? Garry Wills argues that the gun is, for…
Hosanna-Tabor in the religious freedom Panopticon
Michel Foucault famously describes Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon as a “cruel, ingenious cage” to be understood not as a “dream building…