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Climate Emergency as Revelation: The Tragedy and Illusion of Sovereignty in Christian Political Theologies by LaMothe, Ryan Williams

“…In this article, the realities of the climate emergency reveal that human beings, especially those of us in the grips of capitalism, imperialism, and…”
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Experiences of Beauty and Eco-Sorrow: Truths of the Anthropocene and the Possibility of Inoperative Care by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article investigates the experience of beauty and eco-sorrow with the aim of depicting some painful truths, as well as existential responses to…”
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Warped Masculinity and the Resistance of Ungovernable Selves in Daniel Black’s Novel The Coming by LaMothe, Ryan

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The Anthropocene Age Reveals the Insanity at the Heart of Western Christian Religious Experience by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article claims that the Anthropocene Age reveals the tragic insanity that lies at the core of religious experiences informed by Hebrew and Christian…”
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Eco-Remorse, Eco-Metanoia, and the Anthropocene by LaMothe, Ryan

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Immigration and the Question of Dwelling in the Anthropocene Age: A Political Pastoral Perspective by LaMothe, Ryan

“…Relying on a political pastoral perspective, this article considers the issue of dwelling in the Anthropocene Age with a particular focus on climate migration…”
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Male Pathological Grief in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol: A Pastoral Psychological Perspective by LaMothe, Ryan

“…In this article, I examine Frankenstein and A Christmas Carol to depict pathological male grief and its relation to larger cultural and economic systems. The…”
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Men, the Ontological Rift, and the Possibility of Repair in Jack London’s Call of the Wild: A Pastoral-Psychoanalytic Perspective by LaMothe, Ryan

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Writing in the Face of Social Death: Malcolm X’s Autobiography Representing Varied Sustaining Objects/Processes by LaMothe, Ryan

“…In this article, Malcom X’s autobiography is considered as a testament to the various people and ways he sustained himself in the face of the social death of…”
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The Silence of Othered Species: The Anthropocene Age, Trauma, and the Ontological Rift by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article considers the notion of trauma in relation to more-than-human species and in the context of the environmental catastrophes of the Anthropocene…”
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Autobiography in the Face of Social Death: Martin Luther King Jr., Sustaining Object/Process, and Radical Hope/Redemption by LaMothe, Ryan

“…In this article, Martin Luther King Jr.’s autobiography is deemed to be a sustaining object/process in the midst of the forces of social death. More…”
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The Political Fiction of “Immigrants” and the Coming Community in the Anthropocene Age by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article contends that the concepts of “immigrant” and “refugee” are political fictions that have various functions within and for society. Given the…”
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Literature and Social Pathologies: Ahab’s Masculinity as a Distortion of Care and Faith by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article examines Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick using the lens of care and faith, with the aim of depicting a pathological type of masculinity…”
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Raising Amos: Diagnosing Social-Political Pathologies as A Spiritual Practice by LaMothe, Ryan

“…In this article, political pastoral analyses or diagnoses are deemed to be a spiritual practice. To move this argument forward, I begin with a brief discussion…”
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Social-Political Resiliency and Unthought Knowns by LaMothe, Ryan

“…In this article, an emended version of Christopher Bollas’s notion of “unthought known” provides an explanation for social-political resiliency in the face of…”
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Social and Political Freedom: A Pastoral Theological Perspective—Part I by LaMothe, Ryan

“…Pastoral theology can contribute to the discourse on social-political freedom. More specifically, the concepts of care and faith—theologically, existentially,…”
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Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Giorgio Agamben by LaMothe, Ryan

“…The author uses the work of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben to reimagine the meaning and dynamics of trauma, as well as psychoanalysis as a process that…”
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Social and Political Freedom: a Pastoral Theological Perspective—Part II by LaMothe, Ryan

“…As noted in part I of this paper (published in the June 2021 issue of Pastoral Psychology ), freedom is typically framed in terms of justice, equality, rights,…”
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An Indecent Society, Sick Souls, and the Weak Messianic Force of God: A Reflection on Religious Health in the Anthropocene Era by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article posits that the dire realities associated with the Anthropocene Era will increase the presence of indecent societies that humiliate Others while…”
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Discerning a Theological Orientation for Pastoral Psychologies of Care: Theologies of Subjugation and Theologies of Vulnerability by LaMothe, Ryan

“…This article addresses the psychologies of care associated with theologies of subjugation/subordination and theologies of vulnerability. It is argued that a…”
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