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Roger Green
Affiliate Faculty
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[email protected]Office Hours
Monday - [08:00 to 01:00]
Biography
B.A.: English Literature with minor in Anthropology; Master's in Humanities; PhD. in English Rhetoric and Theory; certificate in Criticism & Theory from the Cornell School of Criticism and Theory 2011; lots of musical and performing experience, including Best of The Czars (Bella Union Records). Roger also finished a second PhD in Religious Studies & Theology at The University of Denver in 2020.Research Interests
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Rhetorics of Psychedelics, Mysticism, Colonization of the Americas, Political Theology, Literature, Literary Theory, Aesthetics, Ethics, and Composition across different mediums and disciplines. I'm particularly interested in questions about how composed forms in a broad sense relate to ideas of the sacred, citizenship, and human rights. This carries over into my creative work as a musician, which tends to be an experimental environment for my ideas about form. I am interested in communication of affective qualities that transcend the ways we typically think language works.
Teaching Interests
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Theory (rhetorical, literary, religious, and aesthetic) in relation to literature, film, and composing across mediums and disciplines; anti-racist pedagogy; political theology; hermeneutics and the ethics of interpretation; poetics and rhetorical criticism; modernism, postmodernism; 20th century music and literature; religious studies.
Education
PhD in Religious Studies & Theology
University of Denver
PhD in English Rhetoric and Theory
University of Denver
Other in Early Modern / Postmodern Political Theology
Cornell School of Criticism and Theory
Other in Humanities
University of Colorado at Denver
BA in English Literature
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Personal Website
https://msudenver.academia.edu/RogerGreen
Published Works
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Green, K. R. (2021). Neoliberalism and eurochristianity. Religions, 12(9), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090688.
Green, K. R. (2021). A Gloss On ‘Political Theology’ And The Psychedelic Nature of Recent Political Unrest. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2021/02/05/a-gloss-on-political-theology-and-the-psychedelic-nature-of-recent-political-unrest-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2021). Falling Off the Phallus of Civilization: On Max Steiner’s Soundtrack to King Kong. (). McFarland. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-science-of-sci-fi-cinema/
Green, K. R. (2021). The Meaning Of January 6, 2021 – Editorial Response. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2021/01/11/editorial-response-to-january-6-2021-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Rhetorical Erasure, Indian Slavery, And The Doctrine Of Discovery, Part 2. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/12/28/rhetorical-erasure-indian-slavery-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery-part-2-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Benjamin, Method, and Weak Messianism. The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, 19(3), 413-427. https://jcrt.org/archives/19.3/.
Green, K. R. (2020). At Cross-Purposes: Conversion, Conscripted Compromise, and the Logic of eurochristian Religious Poetics . (pp 55-70). Lexington Books / Fortress Academic / Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978703728/The-Colonial-Compromise-The-Threat-of-the-Gospel-to-the-Indigenous-Worldview
Green, K. R. (2020). Rhetorical Erasure, Indian Slavery, And The Doctrine Of Discovery, Part 1 . The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/11/30/rhetorical-erasure-indian-slavery-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery-part-1-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 2. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/08/03/re-enchanted-empire-part-2-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Ayahuasca’s Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery. University of Denver Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2765&context=etd
Green, K. R. (2020). Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 1. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/06/29/re-enchanted-empire-the-figure-of-pan-in-edwardian-fiction-part-1-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Some Notes on Blanchot And Disaster. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/05/27/some-notes-on-blanchot-and-disaster-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Indigenous Land-Grabbing In Brazil Amid COVID-19. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/04/28/indigenous-land-grabbing-in-brazil-amid-covid-19-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Ayahuasca and Transnational Religious Poetics. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/02/18/ayahuasca-and-transnational-religious-poetics-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2020). Is Theological Education Becoming Post-Christian? . The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2020/01/06/is-theological-education-becoming-post-christian-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 8. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/12/14/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-8-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 7. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/11/18/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-7-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 6. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/10/28/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-6-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 4. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/09/10/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-4-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 5. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/09/30/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-5/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 3. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/08/26/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-3-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic Of Enlightenment From A Postsecular Lens, Part 2. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/07/07/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-2-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). The Dialectic of Enlightenment from a Postsecular Lens, Part 1 . The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/06/19/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-1-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics: Enchanted Citizens. (pp 312). Palgrave-MacMillan / Springer. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030153175
Green, K. R. (2019). Amorous Agonism and the Allergy to Difference, Part 2. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/05/07/amorous-agonism-and-the-allergy-to-difference-part-2-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). Amorous Agonism And The Allergy To Difference, Part 3 . The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/05/21/amorous-agonism-and-the-allergy-to-difference-part-3-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2019). Amorous Agonism and the Allergy to Difference, Part 1 . The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2019/04/29/amorous-agonism-and-the-allergy-to-difference-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). Text, Body, and the Ethics of Raymond Federman’s Spectator. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/12/22/text-body-and-the-ethics-of-raymond-federmans-spectator/
Green, K. R. (2018). The Pataphysics of Pharmakoi. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/11/30/the-pataphysics-of-pharmakoi/
Green, K. R. (2018). The Deep Framing by Totality. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/10/15/the-deep-framing-by-totality-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). Nor on The Soles of Her Shoes? The King of Infinite Space. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/09/29/nor-on-the-soles-of-her-shoes-the-king-of-infinite-space-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). Panoptical Time and Colonial Framing. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/08/15/panoptical-time-and-colonial-framing-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). The Pharmakon and Ayahuasca Globalization. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/07/23/the-pharmakon-and-ayahuasca-globalization-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). On Neoliberalism and the Politics of Divination. The New Polis, https://thenewpolis.com/2018/06/11/on-neoliberalism-and-the-politics-of-divination-an-interview-with-joshua-ramey/
Green, K. R. (2018). On Enduring Borders And The Erasure Of Indigeneity. The New Polis, http://thenewpolis.com/2018/03/27/on-enduring-borders-and-the-erasure-of-indigeneity-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2018). Like Ghosts From An Enchanter Fleeing – Denver’s Divinatory Poetics . The New Polishttp://thenewpolis.com/2018/03/03/like-ghosts-from-an-enchanter-fleeing-denvers-divinatory-poetics-roger-green/.
Green, K. R. (2018). Treating The Dead Sea Scrolls “Scientifically” Betrays The Imperial Impulse In Secularism. Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/search/Dead+Sea+Scrolls/
Green, K. R. (2018). The Recovery Of Indigeneity In South America – Not All Political Theologies Are Christian Theologies. Political Theology Today, The Recovery Of Indigenity In South America – Not All Political Theologies Are Christian Theologies
Green, K. R. (2017). The Invisible Committee And “Insurrectionary” Euro-Christianity – Thinking Beyond Liberal Modernist Subjectivity . Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/the-invisible-committee-and-insurrectionary-euro-christianity-thinking-beyond-liberal-modernist-subjectivity-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Political Theology And “Religiography” – On Shifting Liminalities. , https://politicaltheology.com/political-theology-and-religiography-on-shifting-liminalities-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Fetishism, The Study Of Religion, And The Colonial Imagination . Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/fetishism-the-study-of-religion-and-the-colonial-imagination-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). DACA, Child Sacrifice, and Neoliberal Idolatry . Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/daca-child-sacrifice-and-neoliberal-idolatry-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). What Does Mark Lilla Want? American Liberalism And The Legacy Of White Supremacy . Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/what-does-mark-lilla-want-american-liberalism-and-the-legacy-of-white-supremacy-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Spirits Of Blood And Breath – Contrasting Religious Perspectivism With Actual People’s Perspectives. Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/spirits-of-blood-and-breath-contrasting-religious-perspectivism-with-actual-peoples-perspectives-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Beyond The Secular And Enchanted Binary -The “Deep Stories” Informing Contemporary Conservatism. Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/beyond-the-secular-and-enchanted-binary-the-deep-stories-informing-contemporary-conservatism-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Donald Trump's Trips Abroad and America's Refracted "Nervous System". Political Theology Today, https://politicaltheology.com/donald-trumps-trips-abroad-and-americas-refracted-nervous-system-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Bombs And Moms – DuBois’ Challenge To America’s Racist And Militarist Legacy. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/bombs-and-moms-dubois-challenge-to-americas-racist-and-militarist-legacy-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). What’s The Matter With California? The Left’s Capitulation To Neoliberalism . Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/whats-the-matter-with-california-the-lefts-capitulation-to-neoliberalism-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2017). Perennialism and Primitivism In Psychedelic Religions. Esthetes.
Green, K. R. (2017). Luis León And The Formation Of A New Latino Political Spirituality . Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/luis-leon-and-the-formation-of-a-new-latino-political-spirituality/
Green, K. R. (2017). On the Insurrectionary Turn In Political Theology. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/on-the-insurrectionary-turn-in-political-theology-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). The Semiotics of the Unconscious in Gilles Deleuze and Roland Barthes (Parts 1 & 2). Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/12/19/the-semiotics-of-the-unconscious-in-gilles-deleuze-and-roland-barthes-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Are Calls For “Sanctuaries” Well-Intentioned Masks For A Neoliberal Agenda?. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/are-calls-for-sanctuaries-well-intentioned-masks-for-a-neoliberal-agenda-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Political Theology And Debt – Confronting The Capitalist Machine. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/political-theology-and-debt-confronting-the-capitalist-machine-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Dakota Pipeline Conflict Shows Political Theology Must Take Indigenous Spirituality Seriously . Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/dakota-pipeline-conflict-shows-political-theology-must-take-indigenous-spirituality-seriously-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Shamanism and Entheogens – Toward A Psychoanalysis Of The New “Dream Time” . Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/10/24/shamanism-and-entheogens-toward-a-psychoanalysis-of-the-new-dream-time-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Avant-Garde Jazz and the Posthuman. Esthesishttp://esthesis.org/tag/roger-green/.
Green, K. R. (2016). Court Decisions Over Psychedelic Tea For Native Americans Should Sensitize Us To The Question of What Is Meant By “Religion”. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/court-decisions-over-psychedelic-tea-for-native-americans-should-sensitize-us-to-the-question-of-what-is-meant-by-religion-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Today’s Political Theological Vortex – Neither A God Nor Digital Networking Can Save Us. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/todays-political-theological-vortex-neither-a-god-nor-digital-networking-can-save-us-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/07/28/review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america/
Green, K. R. (2016). Herbert Marcuse And The Endurance Of The 1960s For Political Theology. Political Theology Today, http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/herbert-marcuse-and-the-endurance-of-the-1960s-for-political-theology-roger-green/
Green, K. R. (2016). Force in Religious Thought: Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue (in three parts). Journal of Cultural and Religious Theoryhttp://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/05/31/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-1/.
Green, K. R. (2016). Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology Of Insurrection/Resurrection For Our Times. Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology Of Insurrection/Resurrection For Our Times
Green, K. R. (2015). Aldous Huxley the Political Theologian. Aldous Huxley Annual, 14(1), 229-240. https://www.uni-muenster.de/Anglistik/Huxley/ahs.html.
Green, K. R. (2013). Beware of Mad John: Political Theology, Psychedelics and Literature. University of Denver, Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1244&context=etd