Rosy Cross 2: Radical Theology Meets Emancipatory Politics
This is the home page for the sixth Philosophy Portal conference inspired by the Christian Atheism course. The live presentations were recorded on Saturday April 12th and Sunday April 13th 2025. Below you will find more information about the speaker list as well as access the recordings.
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1600-1630 / Cadell Last: On Christian Atheism
1630-1700 / Dimitri Crooijmans: The Truth of Communism
1700-1730 / Daniel Coughlan: A Pervert’s Guide to Being Christian
1730-1800 / Kirsty Rosenstock: Frivolous Faith and Free Association
1800-1830 / Sahil Sasidharan: A Philosophy That Binds…
1830-1900 / Andrew Robinson: Being and Speaking — The Death of God and Hegel’s Logic of Life
1900-1930 / Matthew Stanley: Renewing Liberation Theology Under Capitalist Conditions
1930-2000 / Chris Eyre: Altizer, Luria, the Demiurge and Magic Decoder Rings
2000-2030 / Cleo Kearns: Disclosure and Adoration — Jean-Luc Nancy on Christian Atheism
2030-2100 / Thomas Hamelryck: The Möbius Ring of Prohibition and Transgression
2100-2130 / Mark Gerard Murphy: Beyond Kundalini Syndrome
2130-2200 / Julie Reshe: Mothering the Dead God
2200-2230 / Barry Taylor: The Theological Unconscious
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1600-1630 / Eliot Rosenstock: Religion and its Opposite: Speculative Negations
1630-1700 / Carmen Hannibal: Creativity in Liturgy for Christian Atheism
1700-1730 / Dominic Sacranie — Islam’s Wager
1730-1800 / James Wisdom: They were in hell, with no God to protect them, and Christ was there.
1800-1830 / Pae Veo: Christian Atheism and Literature
1830-1900 / Daniel L. Garner: The One Who Fears Is Not Made Perfect In Love
1900-1930 / Jim Palmer: Radical Theology and Societal Reconstruction
1930-2000 / Cadell Last: Church as Contradiction
2000-2030 / Helen Rollins: Buddha, God, and Cave Walls
2030-2100 / Peter Rollins: Church of the Contradiction Beyond the Emerging Church
2100-2200 / End Conference Reflections
Conference Presenters
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Cadell Last
Creator/founder of Philosophy Portal, author of Systems & Subjects
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Dimitri Crooijmans
Creator of Actual Spirit and objet lil a
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Daniel Coughlan
Religious seeker and finder
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Kirsty Rosenstock
Artist, writer, creator, apprentice in ideological exorcism
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Sahil Sasidharan
Philosopher of technics
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Andrew Robinson
Author of God and the World of Signs, interested in semiotics and Christian theology
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Matthew Stanley
Writer, educator, creator/founder of Samara Diagnostics
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Chris Eyre
Writer, theologian, philosopher, author of A Holy Mystery
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Cleo Kearns
Philosopher, author of The Virgin Mary, Monotheism and Sacrifice
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Mark Gerard Murphy
Psychoanalytic theology, author of The Direction of Desire
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Julie Reshe
Philosopher, author of Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead, pathetic failure
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Barry Taylor
Radical theologian, author of Sex, God, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
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Eliot Rosenstock
Psychotherapist, author of Žižek in the Clinic
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Carmen Hannibal
Animation scholar researching metaphor
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Dominic Sacranie
Writer, poet, filmmaker
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James Wisdom
Philosopher and artist
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Pae Veo
Fiction writer, philosopher, author of The Pérelin Decline
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Daniel L. Garner
Philosopher and co-author as O.G. Rose of Belonging Again
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Jim Palmer
Former pastor and constructivist theologian, author of deconstructionology
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Helen Rollins
Writer, filmmaker, author of Psychocinema, Director of A Guide to Making Love
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Peter Rollins
Public speaker, philosopher, producer and theologian, author of How (Not) To Speak Of God
On Christian Atheism
Cadell Last
The Truth of Communism
Dimitri Crooijmans
A Pervert’s Guide to Being Christian
Daniel Coughlan
Frivolous Faith and Free Association
Kirsty Rosenstock
A Philosophy That Binds…
Sahil Sasidharan
Being and Speaking — The Death of God and Hegel’s Logic of Life
Andrew Robinson
Renewing Liberation Theology Under Capitalist Conditions
Matthew Stanley
Altizer, Luria, The Demiurge and Magic Decoder Rings
Chris Eyre
Disclosure and Adoration — Jean-Luc Nancy on Christian Atheism
Cleo Kearns
Beyond Kundalini Syndrome
Mark Gerard Murphy
Mothering the Dead God
Julie Reshe
The Theological Unconscious
Barry Taylor
Religion and Its Opposite: Speculative Negations
Eliot Rosenstock
Creativity in Liturgy for Christian Atheism
Carmen Hannibal
Islam’s Wager
Dominic Sacranie
They Were in Hell with No God to Protect Them and Christ Was There
James Wisdom
God Does Not Exist In Fiction
Pae Veo
The One Who Fears Is Not Made Perfect In Love
Daniel L. Garner
Deconstructive Theology and Emancipatory Politics
Jim Palmer
Church as Contradiction
Cadell Last
Buddha, God, and Cave Walls
Helen Rollins
Christian Atheism and Church of Contradiction
Peter Rollins
The Portal Towards Wake and Reflections on Rosy Cross 2
Collective Discussion
