T&T Clark Handbook of Public Theology

Christoph Hübenthal is Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Center for Catholic Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.Christiane Alpers is Research and Teaching Fellow at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.

This is a handbook that, with high intellectual sophistication and high sensitivity toward concrete contemporary challenges, both serves as a primer for the state of the art of public theology in the Global North and as indicator of a highly dynamic debate that is ongoing and growing.

• IntroductionPart 1 Conditions and Self-Positioning1. The Public Sphere, Maureen Junker-Kenny (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)2. Liberal Democracy, Hans-Martien ten Napel (Leiden University, The Netherlands)3. The Secular, Christoph Hübenthal (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)4. Post-Secularity and the Pluralization of Public Theology, William Barbieri (The Catholic University of America, Washington, USA)5. The Distinction of Public Theology from Political and Liberation Theologies, Gaspar Martinez (Facultad de Teología de Vitoria, Spain)6. Public Theology as Apologetics, Elaine Graham (University of Chester, UK)Part 2 The Ecumenical Scope of Public Theology7. The Legacy of Theological Liberalism: A Ghost in Public Theology, Ulrich Schmiedel (The University of Edinburgh, UK)8. Public Theology in the Catholic Tradition, Katie Dunne (National University of Ireland, Ireland)9. A Public Orthodox Theology, Aristotle Papanikolaou (Fordham University, USA)10. Post-Liberal Positions in Public Theology, Ben Fulford (University of Chester, UK)11. Ecumenical Collaboration in Public Theology, Florian Höhne (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)12. Relations to Other Religions, Manfred Pirner (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)Part 3 Theological Tenets in Public Theology13. Public Theology and (Social) Ethics, Hak Joon Lee (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)14. Public Theology and the Doctrine of God, Anne Siebesma (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)15. A Black Soteriological Dialogue With Public Theology, Reggie Nel (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)16. Public Theology and Ecclesiology, Al Barrett (The Queens Foundation Birmingham, UK)17. Liturgy and Public Theology, Catherine Pickstock (University of Cambridge, UK)18. Public Eschatology: Seeking Hope in a World of Dispair, Mary Doak (University of San Diego, USA)Part 4 Challenges for Public Theology19. Politics, Amy Daughton (University of Birmingham, UK)20. Race, Gender, and Public Theology, Brian Bantum (Seattle Pacific University, USA)21. Public Theology and Culture, Graeme Smith (University of Chichester, UK)22. Economics, Devin Singh (Dartmouth College, USA)23. Ecological Theology as Public Theology, Hilda Koster (University of Toronto, Canada)24. Challenges for Public Theology: Sports, Dries Vanysacker (KU Leuven, Belgium)Part 5 The International Scope of Public Theology25. Africa, Dion Forster (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)26. Public Theology in Asia, Alexander Chow (University of Edinburgh, UK)27. Public Theology in Australia, Robert Gascoigne (Catholic University of Australia, Australia)28. Public Theology in Europe: Towards a Performative-Political Approach, Martin Kirschner (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany)29. Public Theology in North America: Commonality Amid Plurality, Nicholas Hayes-Mota (Boston College, USA)30. Public Theology in Latin America, Eneida Jacobsen (Villanova University, USA)List of ContributorsIndex