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Facing Gaia

dispatcher2013 wrote 1 day ago: Six lectures on the political theology of nature Bruno Latour Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural … more →

Tags: Link, Myth, War, Bruno Latour, Gaia, Earth, Nature, The Anthropocene, Environment

Found on the chapel floor in front of the altar. Berkeley USA, May 2012.

dorotheosgaza wrote 3 days ago: “[T]he change I want to define and trice is one which takes us from a society in which it was … more →

Tags: Image caption, Things Catholic, Quotations, Berkeley, California, Minnesota, Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary, May, Jesuit School of Theology

Facing Gaia: A new enquiry into Natural Religion-Bruno Latour's Gifford Lectures 2013

maestrojon wrote 1 week ago: Bruno Latour’s recent (Feb,2013)  Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh deserve to b … more →

Tags: social theory, Political Theory, Power, Sociology, arts & letters, Philosophy, climate change, Globalisation, Biology

Homage to the Polar Opposite's POV. Collegeville USA, MAy 2013

dorotheosgaza wrote 1 week ago: “Active nihilism valorizes only itself. This is always better than to end up tolerating the wo … more →

Tags: Image caption, Quotations, May, 2013, St. John's School of Theology - Seminary, Collegeville, libération, Alain Badiou, Marx

Ending poverty and ending death: same or different?1 comment

Nick Brindley wrote 1 week ago:   I was somewhat surprised and disappointed by the response to my arguing recently in a Faceboo … more →

Tags: Eschatology, ethics, Discipleship, Christian Politics, Politics, Christian Discipleship, definition of poverty, Virtue Ethics

Late Evening Still Life with Babka, Alain Badiou, and Black Licorice. Collegeville USA, May 2013.

dorotheosgaza wrote 2 weeks ago: “Badiou’s philosophy seeks to expose and make sense of the potential for radical innovat … more →

Tags: Image caption, Things Catholic, Quotations, Minnesota, Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary, May, 2013, St. John's School of Theology - Seminary, Collegeville

Touch screens: straight to the heart. Stolen sentiment on a found object. May 2013.

dorotheosgaza wrote 2 weeks ago: “Torture is not just a relic of the past. It has emerged as a tool of state that will claim a … more →

Tags: Image caption, Things Catholic, Minnesota, Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary, May, 2013, William T. Cavanaugh, Freedom, Torture

Carl Schmitt was right...

dorotheosgaza wrote 2 weeks ago: Carl Schmitt was right to say that all modern concepts of the state are secularized theological conc … more →

Tags: Things Catholic, Quotations, Minnesota, Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary, May, 2013, St. John's School of Theology - Seminary, Collegeville, William T. Cavanaugh

Finals Week's floruit. Collegeville USA, May 2013.

dorotheosgaza wrote 2 weeks ago: “Any incarnational theology is aware of how deeply implicated is the everyday life of the mate … more →

Tags: Image caption, Things Catholic, Minnesota, May, 2013, St. John's School of Theology - Seminary, Collegeville, William T. Cavanaugh, Christology

Wheaton Theology Conference: Dr. Peter Leithart: "Violence"1 comment

Susan Rieske wrote 2 weeks ago: This year’s Wheaton Theology Conference hosted a wealth of excellent speakers. Among them was … more →

Tags: Conferences, Wheaton College, Leithart, Wheaton Theology Conference, Political theology

Inazu, "Freedom of the Church (New Revised Standard Version)"

Marc O. DeGirolami wrote 2 weeks ago: Have a look at our friend John Inazu’s insightful new piece, Freedom of the Church (New Revise … more →

Tags: Scholarship Roundup, Marc O. DeGirolami, Articles, Freedom of the Church

On Being Subject to Authority2 comments

jwheels wrote 2 weeks ago: The church-community has, therefore, a very real impact on the life of the world. It gains space for … more →

Tags: Theology, ethics, Politics, Religion, Politics 2, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, authorities, unjust law

A brief review of a brief book: Taubes, To Carl Schmitt

Adam Kotsko wrote 2 weeks ago: Only a Christian would make a deal with the devil. That’s what’s so disturbing about the … more →

Tags: Schmitt, taubes

A Brief History of Latin American Liberation Theology14 comments

Stephen Keating wrote 3 weeks ago: This post is my transcription of a recent lecture by Ted Jennings, with some minor additions, posted … more →

Tags: Marxism, Liberation Theology

Seeing the Mission with Fresh Eyes

Rev. Lee wrote 3 weeks ago: Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When the … more →

Tags: Gosepls, Christianity, Discipleship, church, prophetic accountability, Interpersonal Relationships, Jesus Christ, Christian Church, New Testament

A giant political game of hide and seek

jdl wrote 4 weeks ago: That the politics of the Western democracies are often in gridlock is not simply because there are d … more →

Tags: Culture 2, george weigel, & Natural Law, Public Policy, Political Philosophy

Religion, Politics, and the Earth: The New Materialism - Chapter 2, Religion7 comments

joeldharrison wrote 1 month ago: In the second chapter of their book Religion, Politics and the Earth: The New Materialism, Clayton C … more →

Tags: theology, Marxism, Marxism and Christianity, zizek, Politics, Religion, Crockett, new materialism, Homebrewed Christianity

On being anti-anti-capitalist1 comment

Nick Brindley wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been thinking about “anti-capitalism” again, prompted by the publication of a … more →

Tags: ethics, Political Economy

Time to reboot?17 comments

Adam Kotsko wrote 1 month ago: This semester, we’ve been discussing documents relating to the American Founding in my Social … more →

Tags: Politics


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