Space and Place as a Topic for Public Theologies

• Verlag: LIT Verlag
• Jahr: 2022
• ISBN:
  9783643964502
• Thema: Theology & Religion
• Thema: Christian Theology

Public theologies reflect on the contextuality of the Christian religion. Much of this contextuality is dependent on place: place as the culture and the society in which religions are situated, place as the position from where a theologian speaks, place as the biographical contingencies that shape people's lives. Moreover, public theologies ask for the contribution of Christian ethics to society, thereby shaping the social, cultural, and religious space to which they belong. The contributions in this volume analyse the categories of space and place in order to deepen the understanding of contextuality, thereby taking up some of the challenges presented by the so-called "spatial turn". Dr Thomas Wabel is Professor of Protestant Theology (Systematic Theology) at the University of Bamberg. Dr Katharina Eberlein-Braun is Assistant Professor of Protestant Theology (Systematic Theology) at the University of Bamberg. Torben Stamer is vicar of the Protestant Church of Northern Germany in Ludwigslust.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Contents
• Part I Sacred Space: Historical and Sociological Perspectives
• Part II Space and Speech: Public Theology Revisited
• Part III Space to Live: Perspectives from the Continents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements