John R. Pottenger

John Pottenger's research focuses on theoretical issues in classical Platonic philosophy, modern political theory, contemporary political theology, religion and civil society, radical theories of hermeneutics, and Marxist class analysis. To date, he has published three books: Philosophical Foundations of the Religious Axis: Religion, Politics, and American Political Architecture (Palgrave Macmillan), Reaping the Whirlwind: Liberal Democracy and the Religious Axis (Georgetown University Press), and The Political Theory of Liberation Theology: Toward a Reconvergence of Social Values and Social Science (State University of New York Press). He has also contributed numerous book chapters and journal articles, including work published in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Central Asian Survey, International Journal of Social Economics, and American Review of Politics, among others.