Public Theology in Forum

https://www.amazon.com/Ecology-Collective-Behavior-Deborah-Gordon/dp/0691232156  From a systems sociology pespective:Paul S. Chung  I enjoyed reading The Ecology of Collective Behavior, which is well written by Deborah Gordon, professor of Biology at Stanford University. What captures my eye is the author's ecological approach, facilitating an inquiry of how collective behavior operates in the d..

https://www.amazon.com/Social-Scientific-Study-Religion-Constructive/dp/0227177657           In this study, Paul S. Chung charts the history of social scientific study of religion from the axial age to the present day, and thereby lays a foundation for a new model of constructive theology in the comparative study of religion, culture and society. Analysing the thought of Max Weber, Alfred Schutz..

My major concern focuses on Bonhoeffer’s theology in terms of the public sphere of civil society and postcolonial condition. Public theology can be defined as a constructive-ethical way in effectively dealing with problems of stratification and reification in society and culture, which are embedded with postcolonial conditions (problem of immigration, refugees, and a new form of racism and biopo..

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publictheology/2022/08/economism-vs-common-good-part-three/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Progressive+Christian&utm_content=1090  Ted Peters pursues Public Theology at the intersection of science, religion, ethics, and public policy. Demythicizing economism, he underakes discourse clarification in coping with economism's creedal docrines:  Freedom an..

Jűrgen Habermas, a leading sociologist, inspired intellectuals and public readers to understand and involve the legacy of the Second World War. If it is a failure, how do we honor the Germans soldiers who died on the battlefield? But if it is liberation from Hitler’s Third Reich, how do we comprehend the reality of the Holocaust? Such debate implies both controversy and capability. Transposed to..

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publictheology/2021/12/the-public-theology-of-paul-chung/ Written by Prof. Ted Peters, emeritus seminary professor at the GTU, Berkeley        What is public theology? Paul S. Chung answers. “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..

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/our-god-loves-justice-an-introduction-to-helmut-gollwitzer_w-travis-mcmaken/18645389/item/5276586  Our God Loves Justice: An Introduction... book by W Travis McMakenBuy a cheap copy of Our God Loves Justice: An Introduction... book by W Travis McMaken. Helmut Gollwitzer was a direct heir of the theological legacy of the great Protestant theologian Karl Barth. Yet, G..

Meet Ulrich Duchrow Ulrich Duchrow is a professor of systematic theology at the University of Heidelberg, representing prophetic theology, economic justice, and interreligious solidarity. He served as director of the Department of Studies at the Lutheran World Federation (1970-1977), as guest professor at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey/Geneva and as consultant to the World Council of Churches i..

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 conv..