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Public Theology as Christian Witness: Exploring the Genre
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In this article, the authors explore the genre of public theology from the specific context of South Africa, while looking for the points of commonality set out by Duncan Forrester.Abstract:
This article explores the genre of public theology from the specific context of South Africa, while looking for the points of commonality set out by Duncan Forrester. Since the phrase 'public theology' refers to an engagement between theology and politics in specific locations, its content will be diverse and, yet, there is much that diverse public theologies share. Moreover, good practice in public theology requires that secularity and religious diversity are taken seriously. Consequently, Christian witness in secular democratic society means promoting the common good by witnessing to core values rather than seeking privilege for the Christian religion. In particular, this article offers the anti-apartheid and other activities of Joseph Wing and Douglas Bax, as well as the academic work of Denise Ackermann and the political service of Alex Boraine as examples of good practice in public theology in South Africa. The article concludes with the affirmation that public theology implies engagement in matters of public importance either through debate or action and always with self-critical theological reflection.read more
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Reimagining the human : the role of the churches in building a liberatory human rights culture in South Africa today.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Public Theology in a Post-Secular Age
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Imagining human flourishing? : a systematic theological exploration of contemporary soteriological discourses
TL;DR: The authors argue that systematic and biblical theology are two separate, though related, disciplines, arguing that systematic theology is synonymous with biblical theology, whereas biblical theology is not a systematic exploration of theological truth, instead, some contemporary systematic theologians seek to use all available resources to ascertain the nature of God and God's relationship to the world.
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Religion in the public sphere: What can public theology learn from Habermas’s latest work?
J.S. Dreyer,Hennie J.C. Pieterse +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that public theology can learn from Habermas's recent ideas regarding religion in the public sphere: attention should be paid to the cognitive potential of religion, especially regarding the importance of the lifeworld and the role of religion in social solidarity with the needy and vulnerable; hermeneutical self-reflection is important; a distinction should be made between religion in faith communities and in public life; we have to accept that we live in a secular state; and they have to learn the possibilities and impossibilities of translating from religious vocabulary into a secular