Paul S. Chung (Dr Habil.) specialises in theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in sociology of religion at the University of California, Berkeley, CA. After serving as associate professor at Luther Seminary, MN, he was nominated to be distinguished professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Historians' Debate - Public Theology website and teaches in Berkeley.

The range and depth of Chung's analysis is an original contribution to the construction of comparative theology. The hermeneutical lens that informs his work draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, critical theory, phenomenology, and religious studies to disclose creative new facets of theological investigation. Incorporating insights from Luther, Troeltsch, and Barth, among others, this project boldly joins rigorous ethical commitment to the imperative of interreligious engagement.

• Foreword by Ulrich DuchrowAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Sociological Enquiry and World Religion2. Hermeneutics of Life-world, Religion, and Constructive Theology3. Sociological Hermeneutics, Power Relations, and Immanent Critique4. Phenomenology and Social Construction of Reality5. Social Construction of Religion, Schleiermacher, and Constructive Theology6. Sociological Enquiry into Hinduism and Comparative TheologyEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Paul S. Chung (Dr Habil.) specialises in theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in sociology of religion at the University of California, Berkeley, CA. After serving as associate professor at Luther Seminary, MN, he was nominated to be distinguished professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Historians' Debate - Public Theology website and teaches in Berkeley.

The range and depth of Chung's analysis is an original contribution to the construction of comparative theology. The hermeneutical lens that informs his work draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, critical theory, phenomenology, and religious studies to disclose creative new facets of theological investigation. Incorporating insights from Luther, Troeltsch, and Barth, among others, this project boldly joins rigorous ethical commitment to the imperative of interreligious engagement.

• Foreword by Ulrich DuchrowAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Sociological Enquiry and World Religion2. Hermeneutics of Life-world, Religion, and Constructive Theology3. Sociological Hermeneutics, Power Relations, and Immanent Critique4. Phenomenology and Social Construction of Reality5. Social Construction of Religion, Schleiermacher, and Constructive Theology6. Sociological Enquiry into Hinduism and Comparative TheologyEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Paul S. Chung (Dr Habil.) specialises in theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in sociology of religion at the University of California, Berkeley, CA. After serving as associate professor at Luther Seminary, MN, he was nominated to be distinguished professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Historians' Debate - Public Theology website and teaches in Berkeley.

The range and depth of Chung's analysis is an original contribution to the construction of comparative theology. The hermeneutical lens that informs his work draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, critical theory, phenomenology, and religious studies to disclose creative new facets of theological investigation. Incorporating insights from Luther, Troeltsch, and Barth, among others, this project boldly joins rigorous ethical commitment to the imperative of interreligious engagement.

• Foreword by Ulrich DuchrowAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Sociological Enquiry and World Religion2. Hermeneutics of Life-world, Religion, and Constructive Theology3. Sociological Hermeneutics, Power Relations, and Immanent Critique4. Phenomenology and Social Construction of Reality5. Social Construction of Religion, Schleiermacher, and Constructive Theology6. Sociological Enquiry into Hinduism and Comparative TheologyEpilogueBibliographyIndex