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Articles & Essays Ethnography Racial Capitalism Whiteness

(Post)Critical Political Theology and the Uses and Misuses of Whiteness Discourse

A journal article for Political Theology. ABSTRACTIn this essay, I advance a theological account of critique that attends to the material nature of creaturely life. This account involves first the “postcritique” movement recently taken up by literary theorists. In order to demonstrate what postcritique involves…

Jonathan TranApril 20, 2021

Church Race

Living God’s Future Now

https://www.youtube.com/embed/aUjCtRMxWhw A conversation with Sam Wells, part of a series on theology and practice.

Jonathan TranMarch 11, 2021

Orientalism Race Talks & Lectures

The Legacy of Orientalism and Edward Said with Vivek Chibber & Bashir Abu-Manneh

The inimitable Vivek Chibber on the failings of the cultural turn in theory, and how the cultural turn parallels a diminution of political economic and material considerations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYX21BamPQ&t=2646s

Jonathan TranJanuary 25, 2021

Liberation Talks & Lectures

Forming Humans Who Liberate Others

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ag16mA2HGKo Jonathan Tran interviews ethicist Jennifer Herdt about her book Forming Humanity: Redeeming the German Bildung Tradition. The conversation is hosted through The Liberating Arts.

Jonathan TranOctober 26, 2020

Asian Americans Racial Capitalism

At What Co$t?: Asian Pacific Americans, Racial Capitalism, and the Limits of Racial Identity

Jonathan Tran talks with Liz Lin of Progressive Asian American Christians about the benefits and challenges of centering antiracism on Asian American racial identity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQCTe74W3f8

Jonathan TranOctober 17, 2020

Church College/University Race Talks & Lectures

Educating for Intellectual Resistance

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2O75SfFZqNQ Jonathan Tran interviews theologian Willie James Jennings about Jennings's book After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging. The conversation is hosted through The Liberating Arts.

Jonathan TranOctober 5, 2020

Articles & Essays Philosophy of Language Theology

Cora Diamond’s Theological Imagination

An article from Modern Theology. TranDiamondMOTHDownload

Jonathan TranJuly 20, 2020

Articles & Essays Race

The Ends of Anti-Racist Protest

Originally written for Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. If one thinks, as I do, that racism functions as justification for dominative exploitation, then the meaning and implications of George Floyd’s brutal murder extend far beyond the public protests raging across…

Jonathan TranJune 10, 2020

Neoliberalism Podcast & Radio Interviews

The Second Redemption: Understanding Neoliberalism

This powerful conversation situates the origins of neoliberalism with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Invaluable for helping us understand our contemporary situation. Follow the link to listen in to this podcast from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies.

Jonathan TranApril 15, 2020

Articles & Essays Asian Americans Race

Response to K. C. Choi’s Disciplined by Race

This essay was written for an online symposium on Choi's book through Syndicate. I am currently writing a book called Yellow Christianity: An Intervention on Christian Anti-Racist Discourse . Since I spend a lot of time there developing an account of Asian American Christianity, I spend…

Jonathan TranOctober 22, 2019

Jonathan Tran

(Post)Critical Political Theology and the Uses and Misuses of Whiteness Discourse

Living God’s Future Now

The Legacy of Orientalism and Edward Said with Vivek Chibber & Bashir Abu-Manneh

Forming Humans Who Liberate Others

At What Co$t?: Asian Pacific Americans, Racial Capitalism, and the Limits of Racial Identity

Educating for Intellectual Resistance

Cora Diamond’s Theological Imagination

The Ends of Anti-Racist Protest

The Second Redemption: Understanding Neoliberalism

Response to K. C. Choi’s Disciplined by Race

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