Stephan van Erp is Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium.Martin G. Poulsom is Head of Theology in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Heythrop College, London, UK.Lieven Boeve is Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium.

I can think of no other theologian who has addressed changes in theology, Church, ministry and society so thoroughly and thoughtfully in the period marking the second half of his long, and sometimes embattled, life. It is really good to see that the University of Leuven (to which Erp and Boeve both belong) is keeping interest in his seminal work alive.

• List of Contributors1. Introduction: The Sacrament of Public LifeStephan van Erp, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, the NetherlandsPART I: THEOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICS: ‘IF POLITICS ISN’T EVERYTHING…’2. God Becoming Present in the World: Sacramental Foundations of a Theology of Public LifeStephan van Erp, Katholieke Universiteit, the Netherlands3. Towards a Hermeneutic for Public Theology: A Conversation with Schillebeeckx and HabermasSebastian Kim, York St John University, UK4. Glimpses of Schillebeeckx in Asian Theological HermeneuticsEdmund Kee-Fook Chia, Australian Catholic University, Australia5. The Hermeneutics of Intersubjectivity: A Study of Theologies of HomelessnessSiobhán Garrigan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland6. From Han to Mystical-Political Praxis: Intercultural Hermeneutics Schillebeeckx's SoteriologyKevin Considine, Calumet College of St. Joseph, USAPART II: CHRISTOLOGY: ‘THE PRAXIS OF THE REIGN OF GOD’7. Speaking of Jesus Today: Towards an Engaged Systematic TheologyGraham Ward, University of Oxford, UK8. Still Revealing Himself: How Jesus' Resurrection Enables US to be Public TheologiansErik Borgman, Tilburg University, Netherlands9. Overcoming Political Nestorianism: Towards a Chalcedonian PoliticsAristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University, USA10. Concentrating on Creation: Following Christ in a Context of Climate ChangeMartin Poulsom, Heythrop College, UKPART III: ESCHATOLOGY: ‘GOD, THE FUTURE OF MAN’11. Are the Last Things Exclusively Positive? Schillebeeckx's Eschatology and Public TheologyProf. Christoph Hübenthal, RU Nijmegen, Netherlands12. 'Putting the Facts to Shame’: Eschatology and the Discourse of MartyrdomMichael Kirwan, Heythrop College, UK13. Schillebeeckx's View on Eschatology as Public Theology TodayFrederiek Depoortere, KU Leuven, Belgium14. Afro-Pessimism and Christian HopeVincent Lloyd, Syracuse University, USAPART IV: ECCLESIOLOGY: ‘THE CHURCH WITH A HUMAN FACE’15. Enchantment, Idolatry, and Sacrament: Looking for Grace in the SecularWilliam Cavanaugh, De Paul University, USA16. 'Things Which Can Be Seen Only by Eyes That Have Cried'. Towards a Political Theology of LamentEmmanuel Katongole, Notre Dame University, USA17. The Church and the Elusive ‘Public’Elizabeth Phillips, University of Cambridge, UK18. The Church in the Limelight of the Public Square: An Alternative Community?Annemarie Mayer, KU Leuven, BelgiumCONCLUDING REFLECTIONS