Notification FeedManaging Editor:
Timothy Simpson University of North Florida
Editors:
Julie Clague University of Glasgow
Graeme Smith Chichester University
David True Wilson College
Review Editor
Tobias Winright, Saint Louis University
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Tobias Winright
Associate Professor of Theological Studies
Department of Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
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Saint Louis, Missouri 63108 USA
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Recent Articles have included the following:
Rowan Williams
Convictions, Loyalties, and the Secular State
Gary Dorrien
Consolidating the Empire: Neoconservatism and the Politics of American Domination
Lisa Cahill
Liberalism in Progress – From Equal Rights to Global Participation
Susan L. Nelson
Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside
Marcella Althaus-Reid
¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology
Larry Rasmussen
Was Reinhold Niebuhr wrong about Socialism?
Mona Siddiqui
Islam: Issues of Political Authority and Pluralism
Julia Sudo
Russian Nationalist Orthodox Theology: A New Trend in Political Life of Russia
William T. Cavanaugh
From One City to Two: Christian Reimagining of Political Space
Recent Special Issues include a dialogue with Michael Walzer on ‘Politics and Passion’ with contributions from Harlan Beckley, Gilbert Meilaender, David Novak, Linda Hogan, Duncan Forrester and Lisa Cahill.
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Religious and Theological Abstracts
Publication: January, March, May, July, September, December
ISSN: 1462-317X (print)
ISSN: 1743-1719 (online)
Timothy Simpson University of North Florida
Editors:
Julie Clague University of Glasgow
Graeme Smith Chichester University
David True Wilson College
Review Editor
Tobias Winright, Saint Louis University
Send books for review to:
Tobias Winright
Associate Professor of Theological Studies
Department of Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
3800 Lindell Boulevard, Adorjan Hall #124
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108 USA
Peer Reviewers, 2009-2011
The Editors of Political Theology wish to thank the individuals who acted as peer reviewers during 2009-2011. Click here for details.
About Political Theology
Political Theology is a journal that investigates and examines religious and political issues. The journal is interdisciplinary, drawing on the disciplines of theology, religious studies, politics, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, social theory and economics. As such, it aims to reflect the diversity of religious and theological engagements with public and political life. Articles are welcome from scholars, practioners and clergy that address religion and political life in all its variety. The journal has a review section which embraces reflections upon religion, theology, politcal theory, political biography, film and fiction.The aims of the journal are to:
- Deconstruct specific instances of political activity
- Reflect upon the mechanisms of power in civil life
- Examine the operation of alliances and coalitions, and the relationship betwen personal ambition and political vision
- Analyse theological paradigms employed by those engaged with political disclosures
- Explore power dynamics within and between nations
Recent Articles have included the following:
Rowan Williams
Convictions, Loyalties, and the Secular State
Gary Dorrien
Consolidating the Empire: Neoconservatism and the Politics of American Domination
Lisa Cahill
Liberalism in Progress – From Equal Rights to Global Participation
Susan L. Nelson
Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside
Marcella Althaus-Reid
¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology
Larry Rasmussen
Was Reinhold Niebuhr wrong about Socialism?
Mona Siddiqui
Islam: Issues of Political Authority and Pluralism
Julia Sudo
Russian Nationalist Orthodox Theology: A New Trend in Political Life of Russia
William T. Cavanaugh
From One City to Two: Christian Reimagining of Political Space
Recent Special Issues include a dialogue with Michael Walzer on ‘Politics and Passion’ with contributions from Harlan Beckley, Gilbert Meilaender, David Novak, Linda Hogan, Duncan Forrester and Lisa Cahill.
Indexing & Abstracting
Academic Search Premier and Religion and Philosophy Collection, EBSCO Publishing
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Publication: January, March, May, July, September, December
ISSN: 1462-317X (print)
ISSN: 1743-1719 (online)
Recent Blog Entries
The Founding Myth of Adam Smith | |
| Adam Smith, in Wealth of Nations, offers the following well-known myth: In a tribe of hunters or shepherds a particular person makes bows and arrows, for example, with more readiness and dexterity than any other. He frequently exchanges them for cattle or for venison with his companions; and he finds at last that he can [...] | |
| Posted: 2012-05-16 | More... |
The Politics of Acts 1:15-17; 21-26 | |
| The point of this text, as well as with many other texts in Acts, such as the selection of deacons and the acceptance of gentiles is that the community is given the capacity of discernment to chart its course and that there isn't any way to guarantee the success of it's life together other than these given means. | |
| Posted: 2012-05-15 | More... |
Blurred or Entangled: On the nature of our commitments | |
| It may seem futile to begin to argue about the language we use, but I happen to believe that it does make a practical difference to how we describe the world and then how we try to shape it. I note that Chris Shannaghan’s recent blog once again picks up the language of hybridity and [...] | |
| Posted: 2012-05-09 | More... |
The Politics of Acts 10:44-48 | |
| In our text today Peter embraces the Gentiles as fellow Christians after he observes them being filled with the Holy Spirit. Earlier Peter had received a vision in which he was commanded to eat things that he considered unclean. Perplexed by the vision, Peter realized its meaning after he was led by the Lord to the house of Cornelius, a Gentile who believed in God. Peter never would have gone inside Cornelius’ home since Jews did not visit with Gentiles, nor enter into their homes. Because of his vision, however, he realized that God was doing a new thing, and he received the Gentiles into the household of faith as brethren.... | |
| Posted: 2012-05-08 | More... |
Faithful Citizenship, by Greg Garrett | |
| Why is it that people who call themselves Christian may find it next to impossible to talk to other people who call themselves Christian? Why is it that people who love this country and are grateful for the many freedoms we enjoy may find little common ground with other Americans who likewise love their country [...] | |
| Posted: 2012-05-07 | More... |
Sterile Voting and the Politics of Acts 8:26-40 | |
| Emma Goldman once said “If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.” Goldman was speaking of the bourgeoisie democracy that upholds the status quo of US society. Her words have rung true for many of us progressives who voted for President Obama. We have and grown increasingly frustrated as his administration has leaned toward the status quo rather than the oppressed and poor. This week's lectionary reading tells of a man who was part of the status quo in his society, high in power and authority in Ethiopia, yet God's Spirit had something else in mind for him, an apostle named Philip.... | |
| Posted: 2012-05-05 | More... |
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