The Politics of Healing—Mark 1:29-39 (John Allen)
Jesus' healings are not just random acts of charity on the way to the cross but are integral to the very point that his death and resurrection make: that God’s intention in this world is human...
View ArticleThe Politics of Triumphalism—Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (Robert Williamson)
For those living in powerful nations, for those prospering in the global economy, our response to the Reign of Christ Sunday might better be one of repentance than triumph, of humility rather than...
View ArticleWhat Is The New “Nomos of the Earth”? Reflections on the Later Schmitt (Carl...
German jurist and philosopher Carl Schmitt, who coined the term “political theology”, is best known for his seminal works in the 1920s that dealt with such familiar concepts as sovereignty, the “state...
View ArticleBooks We Love, Part 5
To help us launch the Political Theology Network, we asked scholars working at the intersection of religion and politics to share five books that inspired them. The “Books We Love” series offers a fun...
View ArticleFishers for a New Kingdom—Mark 1:14-20 (Robert Williamson Jr.)
The call of Jesus to Simon, Andrew, James, and John summons them to leave behind a way of life that supported an exploitative imperial economy and to devote their efforts to serving the kingdom of God...
View ArticleBook preview – The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation...
A shared history begins to explain how in the 1960s, Latin American, feminist, and black radicals, both Catholics and Protestants, simultaneously and independently arrived at a common conclusion. Source
View ArticleMigration, Political Power and the Book of Jeremiah
These essays reflect the book of Jeremiah’s attempts to grapple with the consequences of involuntary migration, as well as the challenges faced by Christians grappling with the relationship of the...
View ArticleTroubling Islamophobia: Redefining the Conversation on Anti-Muslim Violence
Without a sustained focus on material inequalities and repressive state power, the conversation on Islamophobia too easily slips into a mealy-mouthed appeal to diversity and tolerance.Source
View ArticleResistance in the ‘In-Between’
Advent is the season between the comings, the space of absence in which we await the Divine visitation. Might it also be a space of resistance, wherein we reimagine our identities and, in so doing,...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Read Political Power in the Enthronement of God
When we read of God enthroned as the great king, perhaps we can imagine a system of governance where our political rivals are not beaten into submission, but are disarmed by love; where those who are...
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