Political Theology, Volume 20, Issues 3 and 4 are now available
New issues from the twentieth year of our journal feature articles on Hobbes, poverty, Indonesia, and more, as well as a special issue on Christos Yannaras. Source
View ArticleThe Politics of Divine Disruption—Luke 1:46b-55 (Fritz Wendt)
The Magnificat is a song of divine disruption, the song of God's revolution. Source
View ArticleSomething’s Happening Here…And Fifty Years Later Perhaps We Ought To Beware
As I watched Berkeley burn on February 1 in protest against the speaking engagement of right-wing political provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the feeling of deja vous suddenly turned vivid and...
View ArticleThe Politics of the War on Christmas—Luke 1: 46b-55 (Robert Williamson)
In the incarnation of Jesus, all our systems of social stratification—all our means of exploiting, oppressing, and humiliating one another—are revealed to be lies. Mary expresses a 'Christmas...
View ArticleThe Middle East and the Unintended Consequences of Our “Willful Ignorance”
The words that may turn out over time to have many of the same ominous undertones as Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” was uttered this past week by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the...
View ArticleCalvin’s Institutes: A Primer for Militants?
Parts of the world tremble again at religiously inspired revolutionary activity. Too easily do we forget that very similar forms of such activity have appeared in earlier periods of time, even if the...
View ArticleThe Revolutionary Poverty of Arnold of Brescia
The Middle Ages were filled with strange, passionate, and fascinating figures, often hidden from our view by the long shadows of the likes of Anselm, Francis, Aquinas, or Ockham. The great theologians...
View ArticleThe Politics of Plots & Pilgrimage—John 12:12-17 (Amy Allen)
One plots and schemes in order to exert control. One embarks upon a pilgrimage in order to relinquish control. Entering Jerusalem as a lowly king, Jesus foils both the plots of those who would capture...
View ArticleUkraine: Prospects for a Just Revolution – Anna Floerke Scheid
Having spent the last several years researching and writing on the ethics of revolution, I listened to initial reports about the protests in Kiev with hopeful, empathic interest. Ukrainians seemed to...
View ArticleAnnouncing Political Theology 15.2 — Religion and Radicalism
This issue of Political Theology focuses on the theme of “religion and radicalism.” It is one of the fruits of an international research network of the same name, a network that has members from nearly...
View ArticleNudging: Can Reform Make a Better Society? A Response to Charles Mathewes and...
. . . It all sounds so beneficial, benignly urging us towards a better life and perhaps even a better society. The problems with ‘nudging’, however, are significant, although I restrict myself to the...
View ArticleThe Politics of Divine Disruption—Luke 1:46b-55 (Fritz Wendt)
The Magnificat is a song of divine disruption, the song of God's revolution.
View ArticleSomething’s Happening Here…And Fifty Years Later Perhaps We Ought To Beware...
As I watched Berkeley burn on February 1 in protest against the speaking engagement of right-wing political provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the feeling of deja vous suddenly turned vivid and...
View ArticleThe Politics of the War on Christmas—Luke 1: 46b-55 (Robert Williamson)
In the incarnation of Jesus, all our systems of social stratification—all our means of exploiting, oppressing, and humiliating one another—are revealed to be lies. Mary expresses a 'Christmas...
View ArticleThe Middle East and the Unintended Consequences of Our “Willful Ignorance”
The words that may turn out over time to have many of the same ominous undertones as Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” was uttered this past week by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the...
View ArticleCalvin’s Institutes: A Primer for Militants?
Parts of the world tremble again at religiously inspired revolutionary activity. Too easily do we forget that very similar forms of such activity have appeared in earlier periods of time, even if the...
View ArticleThe Revolutionary Poverty of Arnold of Brescia
The Middle Ages were filled with strange, passionate, and fascinating figures, often hidden from our view by the long shadows of the likes of Anselm, Francis, Aquinas, or Ockham. The great theologians...
View ArticleThe Politics of Plots & Pilgrimage—John 12:12-17
One plots and schemes in order to exert control. One embarks upon a pilgrimage in order to relinquish control. Entering Jerusalem as a lowly king, Jesus foils both the plots of those who would capture...
View ArticleUkraine: Prospects for a Just Revolution – Anna Floerke Scheid
Having spent the last several years researching and writing on the ethics of revolution, I listened to initial reports about the protests in Kiev with hopeful, empathic interest. Ukrainians seemed to...
View ArticleAnnouncing Political Theology 15.2 — Religion and Radicalism
This issue of Political Theology focuses on the theme of “religion and radicalism.” It is one of the fruits of an international research network of the same name, a network that has members from nearly...
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