A Nordic Network for Theology, Philosophy and Politics
Resonans is an online academic network that facilitates conversation, research, and exchange of information among Nordic academics working in the intersection between theology, politics and philosophy.
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- Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift: Pris för bästa vetenskapliga artikel för 2022Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift har utlyst ett pris för bästa vetenskapliga artikel för 2022. Priset, som uppgår till 50 000 kr, tilldelas den nydisputerade forskare som på bästa sätt författar en artikel som redogör för och självständigt utvecklar sitt avhandlingsämne eller annat relevant ämne inom religionsvetenskap och teologi. Artikeln ska vara författad på svenska, danska eller… Continue reading Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift: Pris för bästa vetenskapliga artikel för 2022
- The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and GoldbergBook by Mårten Björk on Bloomsbury. The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg Theology and Resistance Between 1914-1945. Highlighting the central importance of theological configurations of immortality and eternal life from 1914-1945, Mårten Björk explores the key writings of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth and Oskar Goldberg to situate their ideas in relation to… Continue reading The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg
- A postsecular agonism? Religion and metaphysics in Chantal MouffeArticle by Joel Gillin in Studia theologica. This article examines the place of religion and metaphysics in the agonistic political theory of Chantal Mouffe. The first section introduces Mouffe’s agonistic project and points to its normative postsecular implications. The second section presents her key engagements with religion and shows a development in her thought from… Continue reading A postsecular agonism? Religion and metaphysics in Chantal Mouffe
- Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian EnglandBook by Stefan Fisher-Høyrem, University of Agder, Norway. This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks. Untethering the concept of secularity from questions of ‘religion’ and ‘belief’, it offers an innovative rethinking of… Continue reading Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England
- Law, Theology & Culture Group seminarsThis autumn, the Law, Theology & Culture Group seminars at Lund University will host the following seminars: – 14 September 2022, 10:15-11:45 (Styrelserummet / Zoom): Leila Brännström (Lund), On the Juridico-political Thinking of Ayatollah Khomeini and Carl Schmitt – 26 October 2022, 17:30-19:00 (only Zoom): Zalman Rothschild (NYU), Sovereignty, Reason, and Will: Carl Schmitt and Hasidic Legal Thought – 10 November… Continue reading Law, Theology & Culture Group seminars
- Teokratiets folkelærarar: Folkehøgskular og kristeleg nasjonalisme i Noreg ca. 1814-1905New PhD thesis by Morten Øveraas at the University of Stavanger. Denne avhandlinga tar for seg førestellingar om tilhøvet mellom kristendom og nasjonalt sjølvstende. Dette emnet granskast ved å fokusere særskilt på folkehøgskulelærarar i Noreg og korleis førestellingane som gjorde seg gjeldande hjå desse, kan posisjonerast i høve norsk nasjonalisme og nasjonsbygging mellom 1814 og… Continue reading Teokratiets folkelærarar: Folkehøgskular og kristeleg nasjonalisme i Noreg ca. 1814-1905
- Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian TraditionClimate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition Expanding Gendered Sources. Book by Jan-Olav Henriksen on Bloomsbury, 2022. Exploring how the climate crisis discloses the symbol deficit in the Christian tradition, this book argues that Christianity is rich in symbols that identify and address the failures of humans and the obstacles that prevent… Continue reading Climate Change and the Symbol Deficit in the Christian Tradition
- Politik i amerikansk evangelikalism och svensk frikyrklighetArticle by Joel Halldorf in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. Evangelical politics in the USA and Sweden Evangelicals in the United States and Sweden are similar in terms of theology and spirituality, but differ widely in political preferences. US evangelicals have supported Donald J. Trump while Swedish evangelicals have rejected the right-wing populism of the Sweden Democrats. This… Continue reading Politik i amerikansk evangelikalism och svensk frikyrklighet
- Pilgrimage, Landscape, and Identity: Reconstucting Sacred Geographies in NorwayBook by Marion Grau on Oxford University Press, 2021. Pilgrimage, Landscape, and Identity: Reconstructing Sacred Geographies in Norway explores the ritual geography of a pilgrimage system that arose around medieval saints in Norway, a country now being transformed by petroleum riches, neoliberalism, migration and global warming. What it means to be Norwegian and Christian in this… Continue reading Pilgrimage, Landscape, and Identity: Reconstucting Sacred Geographies in Norway