Public Theology and the Task of Theological Ethics

2016 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Keyword(s):  
Public Theology ◽  
Theological Ethics

Theological Constructions of Scottish National Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 288-302
Author(s):  
Doug Gay
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
First Century ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Reformation

This chapter reflects theologically on the historical development of theological constructions of Scottish identity, considering disputed assessments of ‘nationalism’ in the light of insights from both political theology and theological ethics. It explores how early modern developments, from the Reformation through to the Unions of 1603 and 1707, continued to be reflected and refracted in nineteenth- and twentieth-century constructions. It traces the influence of two world wars, decolonization, and the end of the British Empire on the development of contested public theology accounts of Scotland’s twenty-first century history, in which arguments for devolution and independence continue to play a leading role.

scholarly journals On thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirkie Smit
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Ludwig Wittgenstein ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Karl Popper ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
The Mind

The paper engages Wentzel van Huyssteen’s lifelong fascination and occupation with thinking, for him particularly thinking as problem-solving. Responding to Van Huyssteen’s own invitation, it brings Hannah Arendt’s thinking on thinking in conversation with his own thinking by considering five crucial characteristics of the ways in which she both described and practised thinking over decades. These characteristics include: her thinking as responsibility, thinking in dark times, thinking without banister, thinking in public and thinking as thanksgiving. In the process the paper revisits all her well-known books and essays on these themes, whilst also pointing to some of the roots of her thinking in the similarly classic thinking on thinking of her mentor Martin Heidegger. It concludes by pointing to the major conflict between philosophical traditions concerned with rational problem-solving and unravelling puzzles, respectively, exemplified by the reputedly shocking ‘poker’ encounter between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and expresses hope for ongoing conversation about this seeming conflict over thinking with Van Huyssteen and his work.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Thinking about thinking, the essay addresses methodological questions in public theology, in interdisciplinary conversation with philosophy and political theory. Distinguishing faculties of the mind – thinking, willing, judging – it challenges which kinds of questions belong to public theology, with particular implications for doctrinal theology, theological ethics and political theology.

Poverty and Public Theology: Advocacy of the Church in Pluralistic Society

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinrich Bedford-Strohm
Keyword(s):  
Public Debate ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
Critical Model ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis article describes four models of connecting the biblical option for the poor with theological ethics. The charity model denies any political significance of this option. The fundamental critical model connects this theological option exclusively with a confessional critique of western capitalism and its market approach. The political advice model does not give an explicit account of its theological groundings but tries to present practicable political solutions. Finally the public theology model which is advocated in this article connects a clear theological profile with the involvement in the public debate on economic strategies which reflect the option for the poor. For this, public theology has to be bilingual, speaking a theological and a secular language; moreover, because of its involvement in the public debate public theology can be understood as a liberation theology for a democratic society. The article presents Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as public theologians who, in their time, have been advocates for the poor. The memorandum of the German Protestant churches of 2006 on poverty is presented as an example of public theological involvement of the church in our time. The article ends with a reflection on eschatological justice.

Sophia Vasalou, Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-147
Author(s):  
Martin Riexinger
Keyword(s):  
Theological Ethics

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Chow
Keyword(s):  
Public Theology ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Chinese Public

This introductory chapter sets the stage for the book, outlining its key concerns and methodological approaches. It proposes two methodological tools—generational shifts and Confucian imagination—and shows the relevance of this study in the broader discourse in both public theology and Chinese public intellectualism.

Theological Ethics through a Multispecies Lens

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia E. Deane-Drummond
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Radical Approach

There are two driving questions informing this book. The first is where does our moral life come from? The presupposition is that considering morality broadly is inadequate. Instead, different aspects need to be teased apart. It is not sufficient to assume that different virtues are bolted onto a vicious animality, red in tooth and claw. Nature and culture have interlaced histories. By weaving in evolutionary theories and debates on the evolution of compassion, justice, and wisdom, the book shows a richer account of who we are as moral agents. The second driving question concerns our relationships with animals. There is dissatisfaction with animal rights frameworks and an argument instead for a more complex community-based multispecies approach. Hence, rather than extending rights, a more radical approach is a holistic multispecies framework for moral action. This need not weaken individual responsibility. The intention is not to develop a manual of practice, but rather to build towards an alternative philosophically informed approach to theological ethics, including animal ethics. The theological thread weaving through this account is wisdom. Wisdom has many different levels, and in the broadest sense is connected with the flow of life understood in its interconnectedness and sociality. It is profoundly theological and practical. In naming the project the evolution of wisdom a statement is being made about where wisdom may have come from and its future orientation. But justice, compassion, and conscience are not far behind, especially in so far as they are relevant to both individual decision-making and institutions.

Rethinking Public Theology in Ethiopia: Politics, Religion, and Ethnicity in a Declining National Harmony

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-171
Author(s):  
Wondimu Legesse Sonessa
Keyword(s):  
Public Theology ◽  
Military Government ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Traditional Religions ◽  
Ethnic Tensions ◽  
Religion And Ethnicity ◽  
Almost All ◽  
African Traditional Religions

Abstract Ethiopia is a country of multi-ethnic and multi-religious society. Almost all of its citizens claim affiliation with either Christianity, Islam, or African traditional religions. Adherents of these religions have been coexisting in respect and peace. However, there is a growing tension between the citizens since the downfall of the dictatorial military government of Ethiopia, which was displaced by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991. Politics, religion, and ethnicity are the major causes of the declining national harmony under the current government. My claim is that addressing the declining national harmony caused by the religious, political, and ethnic tensions in Ethiopia requires of the EECMY to rethink its public theology in a way that promotes a national harmony that values peace, equality, justice, democracy, and human flourishing.

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