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Critical Theory for Political Theology 3.0

Fanon beyond Negation? Psychoanalysis vis-à-vis Palestine

Benjamin Davis responds to Zahi Zalloua’s review of his new book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt (2025).

Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of “Toxic” Family Dynamics and History: Easier Said than Done

Before the hope emerges, however, toxic dynamics and problematic patterns in inherited histories need to be excavated, named, and redressed.

Political Theologies of Populism

Scholar, activist, and minister Colin Bossen discusses his new book with Michael McLaughlin, shining light on how inclusive visions of populism can draw on religion to deepen democracy

Remembering Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026)

We invited scholars of politics, philosophy, and theology to help us critically remember Habermas

Beyond Catholic Social Teaching? Resources for a Catholic Political Theology

The essays gathered here seek to critically assess the content and form of Catholic Social Teaching and envision what a catholic political theological engagement might look like beyond an emboldening by magisterial teachings, instead seeking movements, mystics, and people on the margins to exemplify what “catholic” could contribute to larger conversations on political theology.