Jayne Svenungsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4689211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jayne Svenungsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jayne |
| FAMILY NAME | Svenungsson |
| SIGNATURE | SVENUNGSSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6022-1006 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prophetic political theology
This article probes the writings of the Jewish Trotskyist thinker Daniel Bensaïd (1946–2010) in light of recent debates on political theology. In contrast to what is sometimes explicitly referred to as ‘apocalyptic political theology’, it makes a case for what may be described as a ‘prophetic political theology’. Yet it is not obvious to claim Bensaïd as a proponent for such a project, since he explicitly denounced the meddling of theology in pol…
The end of law and other miracles
This article explores various attempts to critique law with reference to an authority or idea that is seen as transcending law in its existing forms. As heuristic tools, I use a distinction between prophetic and apocalyptic discourses, the former referring to discourses that remain sceptical to the possibility of suspending law in any absolute sense; the latter describing discourses that articulate a belief in or commitment to a radical break wit…
From Apocalyptic Demonization to Theological Responsibility
Mit den spürbaren Auswirkungen von Klimawandel, politischen Unruhen und tobenden Kriegen finden sich apokalyptische Bilder und das Konzept des Apokalyptischen selbst derzeit gehäuft in der Politik, der Populärkultur und den Massenmedien. Der Aufsatz bedenkt die Gefahren, die mit apokalyptischer Bildsprache einhergehen, insbesondere ihre Tendenz, die Idealisierung der eigenen Gemeinschaft und die Dämonisierung anderer zu fördern. Dabei kommt den c…
Religion and secularity as supersessionist categories
This article argues that the Christian ambivalence towards the Jews throughout history lies at the heart of the difficulties liberal societies are having today in accommodating religious diversity, but also more broadly, in discussing issues pertaining to religion and secularity in a nuanced way. After a brief summary of the characteristics of Christian supersessionism, the article first explores the modern concept of religion as a product of Pro…
The return of religion or the end of religion? On the need to rethink religion as a category of social and political life
During the last decades of the 20th century, Western philosophy saw a renewed interest in religion, often referred to as ‘the return of religion’. At about the same time, a growing number of anthropologists and historians began to draw attention to the cultural and ideological bias of the category of religion, revealing its roots in a particular phase of early modern European history. This article gives an overview of these significant theoretica…
Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology
Introductory Remarks
Law and Liberation
Throughout history, Jewish notions of justice, hope and redemption have inspired political visions within as well as beyond the Jewish tradition. In the past century, examples can be drawn from Ernst Bloch to Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida. Also in the present politico-philosophical debate, a number of prominent voices draw explicitly on Jewish sources in their attempts to formulate radical visions. This article engages with one of the more …
Christian Europe
When it became clear, late in the evening of July 22, 2011, that the person responsible for the most appalling act of terrorism in modern Norwegian history was Anders Behring Breivik, a white Norwegian citizen, it turned out that those who during the day had rushed to announce the outbreak of a ‘clash of civilizations’ had been premature. What had taken place in Oslo and on Utøya island was not an Islamist terror attack on an open and democratic …
Jewish Thought, Utopia, and Revolution
Public Faith and the Common Good A Radical Messianic Proposal
The article inquires into the implications of Christianity not being a religious perspective among others in the contemporary Western debate on religious pluralism. A quick glance at a recent debate in Sweden serves to demonstrate how Christianity, although marginalized in its traditional forms, remains a dominating cultural interpretative scheme that continues to influence the majority’s view on private and public, individual and collective, rat…
Representing pain in film
What does pain look like? Pain is felt, as every human being knows. But what about its visibility? Is it possible to depict pain? We can represent its visible expressions. We can also, to a certain extent, capture that which causes pain. But what about pain itself? This paper addresses the question of how to represent pain from a phenomenological perspective. Adopting the phenomenological analysis of Jean-Luc Marion, its purpose is to explore a v…
The return of religion or the end of religion? On the need to rethink religion as a category of social and political life
During the last decades of the 20th century, Western philosophy saw a renewed interest in religion, often referred to as ‘the return of religion’. At about the same time, a growing number of anthropologists and historians began to draw attention to the cultural and ideological bias of the category of religion, revealing its roots in a particular phase of early modern European history. This article gives an overview of these significant theoretica…
Public Faith and the Common Good A Radical Messianic Proposal
The article inquires into the implications of Christianity not being a religious perspective among others in the contemporary Western debate on religious pluralism. A quick glance at a recent debate in Sweden serves to demonstrate how Christianity, although marginalized in its traditional forms, remains a dominating cultural interpretative scheme that continues to influence the majority’s view on private and public, individual and collective, rat…
Religion and secularity as supersessionist categories
This article argues that the Christian ambivalence towards the Jews throughout history lies at the heart of the difficulties liberal societies are having today in accommodating religious diversity, but also more broadly, in discussing issues pertaining to religion and secularity in a nuanced way. After a brief summary of the characteristics of Christian supersessionism, the article first explores the modern concept of religion as a product of Pro…
Representing pain in film
What does pain look like? Pain is felt, as every human being knows. But what about its visibility? Is it possible to depict pain? We can represent its visible expressions. We can also, to a certain extent, capture that which causes pain. But what about pain itself? This paper addresses the question of how to represent pain from a phenomenological perspective. Adopting the phenomenological analysis of Jean-Luc Marion, its purpose is to explore a v…
Public Faith and the Common Good A Radical Messianic Proposal
The article inquires into the implications of Christianity not being a religious perspective among others in the contemporary Western debate on religious pluralism. A quick glance at a recent debate in Sweden serves to demonstrate how Christianity, although marginalized in its traditional forms, remains a dominating cultural interpretative scheme that continues to influence the majority’s view on private and public, individual and collective, rat…
Christian Europe
When it became clear, late in the evening of July 22, 2011, that the person responsible for the most appalling act of terrorism in modern Norwegian history was Anders Behring Breivik, a white Norwegian citizen, it turned out that those who during the day had rushed to announce the outbreak of a ‘clash of civilizations’ had been premature. What had taken place in Oslo and on Utøya island was not an Islamist terror attack on an open and democratic …
Jewish Thought, Utopia, and Revolution
Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology
Introductory Remarks
Law and Liberation
Throughout history, Jewish notions of justice, hope and redemption have inspired political visions within as well as beyond the Jewish tradition. In the past century, examples can be drawn from Ernst Bloch to Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida. Also in the present politico-philosophical debate, a number of prominent voices draw explicitly on Jewish sources in their attempts to formulate radical visions. This article engages with one of the more …
The return of religion or the end of religion? On the need to rethink religion as a category of social and political life
During the last decades of the 20th century, Western philosophy saw a renewed interest in religion, often referred to as ‘the return of religion’. At about the same time, a growing number of anthropologists and historians began to draw attention to the cultural and ideological bias of the category of religion, revealing its roots in a particular phase of early modern European history. This article gives an overview of these significant theoretica…
Religion and secularity as supersessionist categories
This article argues that the Christian ambivalence towards the Jews throughout history lies at the heart of the difficulties liberal societies are having today in accommodating religious diversity, but also more broadly, in discussing issues pertaining to religion and secularity in a nuanced way. After a brief summary of the characteristics of Christian supersessionism, the article first explores the modern concept of religion as a product of Pro…
From Apocalyptic Demonization to Theological Responsibility
Mit den spürbaren Auswirkungen von Klimawandel, politischen Unruhen und tobenden Kriegen finden sich apokalyptische Bilder und das Konzept des Apokalyptischen selbst derzeit gehäuft in der Politik, der Populärkultur und den Massenmedien. Der Aufsatz bedenkt die Gefahren, die mit apokalyptischer Bildsprache einhergehen, insbesondere ihre Tendenz, die Idealisierung der eigenen Gemeinschaft und die Dämonisierung anderer zu fördern. Dabei kommt den c…
Prophetic political theology
This article probes the writings of the Jewish Trotskyist thinker Daniel Bensaïd (1946–2010) in light of recent debates on political theology. In contrast to what is sometimes explicitly referred to as ‘apocalyptic political theology’, it makes a case for what may be described as a ‘prophetic political theology’. Yet it is not obvious to claim Bensaïd as a proponent for such a project, since he explicitly denounced the meddling of theology in pol…
The end of law and other miracles
This article explores various attempts to critique law with reference to an authority or idea that is seen as transcending law in its existing forms. As heuristic tools, I use a distinction between prophetic and apocalyptic discourses, the former referring to discourses that remain sceptical to the possibility of suspending law in any absolute sense; the latter describing discourses that articulate a belief in or commitment to a radical break wit…
Philosophy (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works)