Chad Lakies

RESOURCE: Jamie Smith on A/Theism

A/Theism is an interesting move within the conversation about postmodern theology and the church. An effort by some to overcome onto-theological concerns, you can find it in the writings of the emerging church leader Peter Rollins and in the academic work of John D. Caputo — to name only a couple of thinkers familiar to […]

Chad Lakies

CFP: The Christian Evasion of Popular Culture

Following is a new CFP that might be of interest to churchandpomo readers: Andreas Center for Reformed Scholarship and Service THE CHRISTIAN EVASION OF POPULAR CULTURE Christianity is often the focus of popular culture, whether it is through the blood and gore of The Passion of the Christ, the satire of South Park and Family […]

Chad Lakies

SCPT Conference Registration and CFP

Not much time left to submit a paper. The deadline is January 15. Here’s a link to the CFP. Registration information is now available. —————— Registration Information for the 2012 meeting of the Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology (SCPT)  Creation, Creatureliness, and Creativity: The Human Place in the Natural World  April 20-22, 2012 Loyola […]

Chad Lakies

2 More CFPs on Religion, Literature, Culture and the Arts

The International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture has just listed two new CFPs for conferences in 2012. The Society’s annual conference, hosted in Copenhagen in 2012, will focus on “Cultures in Transition: Presence, Absence, Memory.” Here is the link to the Society’s new webpage where all the CFP info is located: http://isrlc.org/. The 8th […]

Chad Lakies

John Caputo talks about “What Would Jesus Deconstruct?”

John Caputo talked about his book in our series “What Would Jesus Deconstruct?” on the On Being blog. Here’s a link to the post. Note there’s both a brief written post as well as an audio recording. http://blog.onbeing.org/post/13011398941/wwjd-the-slogan-that-was-once-a-moral-compass-by

Chad Lakies

CFP: Special issue of RELIGIONS on “Theology and Phenomenology”

Of interest to readers might be this CFP for an upcoming issue of Religions on “Theology and Phenomenology.” The following Special Issue will be published in Religions (ISSN 2077-1444, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/). and is now open to receive submissions of full research papers and comprehensive review articles for peer-review and possible publication: Special Issue: Theology and Phenomenology […]

Chad Lakies

Resource: John Caputo’s Lectures on Continental Philosophy

For those of you just dying to get more exposure to the raw material of continental philosophy that comes into the conversations here regarding continental philosophy of religion and postmodernism, especially in conversation about the church–whether impinging directly or tangentially on matters practical or theological–you can’t pass up today’s Resource. John D. Caputo, one of […]

Chad Lakies

CONF: Symposium on Ecclesiology and Ethnography

This may be of interest to churchandpomo readers. Mark your calendars. Symposium on Ecclesiology and Ethnography 21-22th May 2012 Luther Seminary Saint Paul, MN The Symposium marks the publication of Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography edited by Pete Ward. The book is the first volume in the new series Studies in Ecclesiology and Ethnography published by […]

Chad Lakies

Resource: Derrida and Theology

From time to time, one of the new things we’ll try to do here at churchandpomo is offer resources to you hungry readers. As a practitioner and academic, I’ve found it helpful to delve into the vast virtual realm of the interwebs to mine them for whatever interesting tidbits I might find on continental thought, […]