John D. Caputo has recently proposed a “weak theology.” This theology is said to focus less on rigid dogmatic formulas of traditional religion, and more on ethical themes such as hospitality and openness to the stranger. Caputo’s work has gathered a significant number of followers in the United States, where he is one of the main theologians today.

Event and Religion proposes to evaluate this new form of religion from out of the various religious and theological backgrounds from Europe’s main countries. Is only a rather secular mindset able to welcome Caputo’s thinking, or does it sit well with a more traditional stance toward religion? The aim of this volume is to gather Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox voices around Caputo’s work to evaluate the match with the European context.

We are seeking an Eastern Orthodox scholar who engages critically with Caputo’s work in a European context. How does Caputo’s weak theology blend (or not) with the Orthodox tradition? Or, more generally, has there been an Orthodox reception of Caputo’s theology at all? If not, why not? These questions would all make for a fine contribution in this volume, which seeks to portray contextual theologies (and philosophies) throughout Europe in their response to “radical theology.” Is such radical theology but a “secular translation” of theology proper? Or is it a new, valid, valuable path for theology to proceed in a largely secular West?

The website of the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America has posted the following notification dated May 13, 2021:

HODGES, Archpriest Mark had his suspension lifted and was returned to Active Duty. He is attached to St. Paul the Apostle Church, Dayton, OH, effective May 13, 2021.

It then provides a link to Father Hodges’ public “apology” — in which it is clear he feels he did nothing wrong in supporting, and continuing to support, the conspiracy theory of a stolen election that wreaks ongoing havoc on American national life and domestic security.

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Christ is risen!

The following ecclesial entities are represented by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem: the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Near East; Custody of the Holy Land; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East; the Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Greek Melkite Catholic Church; the Maronite Archdiocese of Haifa and the Holy Land; the Syrian Catholic Church; and the Armenian Catholic Church. See the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) website for the names of the bishops and clerics who head each of these respectively.