Public Theology in Forum: Science, Civil Society, Life-world
“Public theology is a theological-philosophical endeavor to provide a broader frame of reference to facilitate the responsibility of the church and theological ethics for social, political, economic, and cultural issues. It investigates public issues, developing conceptual clarity and providing social-ethical guidance of religious conviction and response to them” (Chung, Postcolonial Public Theology, 2016, 1).
I once identified pubilic theology by emphasizing philosophical theology and social ethics for the public sphere in civil society. Now I focus on the spectrum of public theology in a social scienfic frame of reference. It features the significance of eco-systemic inquiry in dealing with science-religion dialogue and integration in face of climate change, undertaking discourse clarification and construction of life-world.
Public theology in forum discusses the relevance of science and civil society in conversing with sociology of scientific knowledge, systems biology, and life science, explicating scientific discourse and the techno-paradigm to advocate for eco-governance, the common good, and life-world.
A Board of Trustees
Young Maccarone, Psychologist, Chair, Karl Barth and Public Theology Center
Rev. Dr, John B. Valentine, Senior Pastor, Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church, Orinda, CA
Editorial Committee:
Paul S. Chung, Dr, Habil. Director and Editor-in-Chief
Craig L. Nessan, Professor of Contextual Theology and Academic Dean at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
Raymond Carr, Ph. D. Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School and a Research Associate and Director of the "Codex Charles H. Long Papers Project" at Harvard University
Ted Peters, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union
Ulrich Duchrow, Co-Founder and Co-moderator of Kairos Europa. Former Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Lim, Chang Sei, Dr.Theol. (specialized in John Polkinghorne and Quantum Physics at the University of Bochum, Germany). Liaison in Correspondence to Research Group of Theology of Nature and Science, S. Korea
Hong, Kyung Tak, Editorial Assistant in Korean Correspondence