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The ‘Racialized’ Hoodie at the Intersection of Church and State
I am sure you all know about the Trayvon Martin shooting, and the wearing of hoodies as a show of solidarity. The hoodie already ‘radicalized’ (“an urban thing,” which is code… more →
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Found on the chapel floor in front of the altar. Berkeley USA, May 2012.
wrote 1 day ago: “[T]he change I want to define and trice is one which takes us from a society in which it was … more →
Facing Gaia: A new enquiry into Natural Religion-Bruno Latour's Gifford Lectures 2013
wrote 1 week ago: Bruno Latour’s recent (Feb,2013) Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh deserve to b … more →
Homage to the Polar Opposite's POV. Collegeville USA, MAy 2013
wrote 1 week ago: “Active nihilism valorizes only itself. This is always better than to end up tolerating the wo … more →
Ending poverty and ending death: same or different?
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wrote 1 week ago: I was somewhat surprised and disappointed by the response to my arguing recently in a Faceboo … more →
Late Evening Still Life with Babka, Alain Badiou, and Black Licorice. Collegeville USA, May 2013.
wrote 1 week ago: “Badiou’s philosophy seeks to expose and make sense of the potential for radical innovat … more →
Touch screens: straight to the heart. Stolen sentiment on a found object. May 2013.
wrote 1 week ago: “Torture is not just a relic of the past. It has emerged as a tool of state that will claim a … more →
Carl Schmitt was right...
wrote 1 week ago: Carl Schmitt was right to say that all modern concepts of the state are secularized theological conc … more →
Finals Week's floruit. Collegeville USA, May 2013.
wrote 1 week ago: “Any incarnational theology is aware of how deeply implicated is the everyday life of the mate … more →
Wheaton Theology Conference: Dr. Peter Leithart: "Violence"
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This year’s Wheaton Theology Conference hosted a wealth of excellent speakers. Among them was … more →
Inazu, "Freedom of the Church (New Revised Standard Version)"
wrote 2 weeks ago: Have a look at our friend John Inazu’s insightful new piece, Freedom of the Church (New Revise … more →
On Being Subject to Authority
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The church-community has, therefore, a very real impact on the life of the world. It gains space for … more →
A brief review of a brief book: Taubes, To Carl Schmitt
wrote 2 weeks ago: Only a Christian would make a deal with the devil. That’s what’s so disturbing about the … more →
A Brief History of Latin American Liberation Theology
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This post is my transcription of a recent lecture by Ted Jennings, with some minor additions, posted … more →
Seeing the Mission with Fresh Eyes
wrote 3 weeks ago: Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When the … more →
A giant political game of hide and seek
wrote 4 weeks ago: That the politics of the Western democracies are often in gridlock is not simply because there are d … more →
Religion, Politics, and the Earth: The New Materialism - Chapter 2, Religion
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wrote 1 month ago: In the second chapter of their book Religion, Politics and the Earth: The New Materialism, Clayton C … more →
On being anti-anti-capitalist
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wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been thinking about “anti-capitalism” again, prompted by the publication of a … more →
Time to reboot?
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wrote 1 month ago: This semester, we’ve been discussing documents relating to the American Founding in my Social … more →
Wheaton Theology Conference: Stanley Hauerwas, "Church Matters"
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wrote 1 month ago: On the evening of Friday, April 5, masses crowded into and overflowed from Barrows Auditorium at Whe … more →
