Tadd Ruetenik, PhD

Recent Publications

• Bodies and Battlefields: Abortion, War, and the Moral Sentiments of Sacrifice. CASCADE Books (under contract, forthcoming 2021).
• The Demons of William James: Religious Pragmatism Explores Unusual Mental States. Palgrave Macmillan (2018).
• "Father Catich and the Clean Cut Christs: Re-Presenting American Values Through Religious Art," in Imagining Dewey: Artful Works and Dialogue about Art as Experience. Brill Press (forthcoming 2020).
• "The SNL Impressionist: What Does It Mean to be ‘Spot On,' and Does It Matter?" in SNL and Philosophy. Blackwell (2020).
• "Jonathan Edwards and the Vegan Elect," Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. 18:3 (2019).
• "Victim Blaming and Victim Blaming Shaming," Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology. 16:1 (2019).
• "Jane Addams, ‘Pragmatic' Compromise, and Anti-War Pragmatism." The Pluralist. 14:1 (2019).
• The Demons of William James (2018). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-91623-1
• Transactionism, Dominionism, and Moral Exceptionalism in Animal Ethics. Contemporary Pragmatism. 13:2 (2016)
• Self-Reliance, Plagiarism, and the Suicide of Imitation. Teaching American Literature. 8:1 (2015)
• Violence Hidden: The Unacknowledged Victims of Flesh-Eating Rituals. Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture. Vol. 22 (2015)
• Beauty, Horror and Tragedy: The Idea of Hell in Jonathan Edwards and William James. Philosophy & Theology. 26:1 (2014)
• Last Call for William James: Pragmatism, Piper, and the Fruits of Psychical Research. The Pluralist. 7:1 (2012)
• The Moral Equivalent of Meat: A Vegetarian Challenge to the American Omnivore. Contemporary Pragmatism. 8:2 (2011)
• The First Church of Christ, Pragmatist: Christian Science and Responsible Optimism. Journal of Religion and Health. 50:3 (2011)
• Another View of Arthur Dimmesdale: A Profound Lesson in Scapegoating from The Scarlet Letter. Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture. Vol. 18 (2011)