Companion to public theology / / edited by Sebastian Kim, Katie Day.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kim, Sebastian C. H.,; Day, Katie,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to modern theology 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Public theology has emerged in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as theologians have increasingly entered the public square to engage complex issues. This Companion to Public Theology brings a much-needed resource to this relatively new field. The essays contained here bring a robust and relevant faith perspective to a wide range of issues as well as foundational biblical and theological perspectives which equip theologians to enter into public dialogue. Public theology has never been more needed in public discourse, whether local or global. In conversation across disciplines its contribution to the construction of just policies is apparent in this volume, as scholars examine the areas of political, social and economic spheres as well as issues of ethics and civil societies, and draw on contexts from six continents. Contributors are: Chris Baker, Andrew Bradstock, Luke Bretherton, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Letitia M. Campbell, Cláudio Carvalhaes, Katie Day, Frits de Lange, Jolyon Mitchell, Elaine Graham, Paul Hanson, Nico Koopman, Sebastian Kim, Esther McIntosh, Clive Pearson, Scott Paeth, Larry L. Rasmussen, Hilary Russell, Nicholas Sagovsky, Dirk J. Smit, William Storrar, David Tombs, Rudolf von Sinner, Jenny Anne Wright, and Yvonne Zimmerman.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Katie Day and Sebastian Kim -- The Bible and Public Theology / Paul Hanson -- Public Theology in the History of Christianity / Sebastian Kim -- Does it Matter? On Whether there is Method in the Madness / Dirk J. Smit -- State, Democracy and Community Organizing / Luke Bretherton -- Public Theology and Reconciliation / David Tombs -- Public Theology in the Context of Nationalist Ideologies: A South African Example / Nico Koopman -- Politics, Church and the Common Good / Andrew Bradstock and Hilary Russell -- Public Theology in the Context of Globalization / Scott R. Paeth -- Social Cohesion and the Common Good: Drawing on Social Science in Understanding the Middle East / Katie Day -- Public Theology as a Theology of Citizenship / Rudolf von Sinner -- Public Theology, the Public Sphere and the Struggle for Social Justice / Nicholas Sagovsky -- Forced Labor and the Movement to End Human Trafficking / Letitia M. Campbell and Yvonne C. Zimmerman -- ‘I Met God, She’s Black’: Racial, Gender and Sexual Equalities in Public Theology / Esther McIntosh -- Public Theology and Health Care / Frits de Lange -- Whence Climate Injustice / Larry Rasmussen -- Public Theology and Bioethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Urban Ecology and Faith Communities / Christopher Baker and Elaine Graham -- The Quest for a Coalitional Praxis: Examining the Attraction of a Public Theology from the Perspective of Minorities / Clive Pearson -- Mediating Public Theology / Jolyon Mitchell and Jenny Wright -- Worship, Liturgy and Public Witness / Cláudio Carvalhaes -- Index.