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An Exploration into the Public Theology of the Basel Missionary Society in Ghana [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2023
The article seeks to explore the Public Theology of the Basel Mission that gave birth to the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG). The article argues that the theology of the Basel Mission emphasised the integration of the Christian faith and social action
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
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African Public Theology? A conceptual engagement to keep the conversation alive

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2022
Interest in Public Theology is growing across the African continent. However, there are some important critiques of Public Theology and public theologians in Africa and from Africa.
Dion A. Forster
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What is "theology" in "public theology" and what is "public" about "public theology"?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
This article sets out to argue that institutional Christianity does not have the exclusive rights to “doing theology”. Since Plato theology has assumed systematization of ideas on the transcendent divine.
Andries van Aarde
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Astrotheology’s contribution to public theology: From the extraterrestrial intelligence myth to astroethics

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Public theology is conceived in the church, reflected on critically in the academy and addressed to the world for the sake of the world. The development of a theology of nature is included in the public theologian’s list of tasks of nature that is ...
Ted Peters
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African public theology

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2021
Read a review of the book: Agang, B.A. (ed.), (Cumbria: Langham Publishing, 2020), 422 pp, ISBN: 9781783687664.
K.J. Pali
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Comparative Public Theology and Interreligious Education in the Age of Religious Pluralism

open access: yesReligions
The post-modern era is characterized by a structural religious pluralism, whereby the public dimension of religion has re-emerged as a prominent feature after the relative obscurity of the modern period.
Gaetano Sabetta
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Public Theology as a Theology of Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Public Pastoral Care Contribution

open access: yesReligions
The negative impacts of COVID-19, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, political unrest, and natural disasters in sub-Saharan Africa have caused widespread suffering.
Patrick Nanthambwe
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Interdisciplinary theology as public theology

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2011
In this paper I argue for a revisioning of public theology as interdisciplinary theology. In this way an interdisciplinary space is cleared where the notion of the imago Dei, in theology, and human uniqueness, in the sciences, can be brought into a ...
J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
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The (demanding) history of South African public theology as prophetic theology

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2022
The purpose of this article is to tell the story of public theology as prophetic theology in South Africa by highlighting some of the dramatic twists and turns in this history.
Martin Laubscher
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On reading Karl Barth in South Africa today: Karl Barth as public theologian? [PDF]

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2007
This article investigates the specific nature by which Karl Barth could be considered as a public theologian in post-apartheid South Africa. The aim is to enrich the debate in the current field of public theology in post-apartheid South Africa, and to ...
Martin Laubscher
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