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An increasing visibility of religion on all levels of social activity including IR calls into question the stubbornness of Western social sciences unwilling (& unable) to treat religions as important social factors on their own terms, on par with secular discourses. To correct this situation this article uses Nicholas Onuf's post-positivist rule-oriented constructivist ontological framework as a foundation of "International Political Theology" (IPT). IPT is another extension of IR, just as IPE once was. IPT refers to the systematic study of discourses & relations among them concerning world affairs that search for -- or claim to have found -- a response, transcendental or secular, to the human need for meaning. Central to the argument is Charles Pierce's concept of abductive reasoning, not inferior, in fact much more widespread worldwide than the modern understanding of what does or does not constitute "rational" or a form of a judgment. The article shows how IPT can relate religious & secular discourses, so far regarded as "incommensurable". 3 Tables. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses the spiritual, linguistic, & political implications of negative theology & Gnosticism for understanding Nazi ideology & the Shoah. For Agamben, the notion of "bare life," or to use Foucault's term, "biopolitics," seems to have been deeply bound up in the Nazi rejection of metaphor, ie, the construction of Jews as literal parasites or vermin necessitating extermination. Levinas understands the Shoah in terms of Nazi gnosticism & his own interlinked commitments to liberalism & negative theology. K. Coddon

The argument is made that a black political theology must give careful attention to the personal and communal dimensions of black life, with the focus on addressing and finding solutions to the socio-political and economic problems that crush blacks. Today it would have to examine the metaphysical implications of its claims; be more intentionally in dialogue with feminist thinkers; address the HIV/AIDS pandemic; examine the ethical and theological implications of sexuality issues, particularly the matter of homosexuality; and be more forthright in declaring war against the tragic phenomenon of black against black violence and murder among young African American males.