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Interdisciplinary theology as public theology

Acta 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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What is "theology" in "public theology" and what is "public" about "public theology"?

HTS 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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Public Within Public: Extending the Notion of Public Theology to Include African Public Praxis

Religions
The rapid recognition of the contributions of theology in public spaces in Africa is a positive development. It is understood that theology can only be impactful if it engages public issues in their context.
Patrick Nanthambwe, Vhumani Magezi
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Public Theology as a Theology of Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Public Pastoral Care Contribution

Religions
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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Comparative Public Theology and Interreligious Education in the Age of Religious Pluralism

Religions
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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Securing Security in Education: The Role of Public Theology and a Case Study in Global Jihadism

Religions, 2018
The article mounts an argument for public theology as an appropriate if not vital adjunct to contemporary education’s addressing of security issues in light of current world events with indisputable religious and arguably quasi-theological ...
Terence Lovat
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Public Theology, Violence, and Responsibility

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift
This article argues that the main task of public theology in the contemporary context is to reject appeals to divine agency as legitimate responses to the violence of the world.
Alana M. Vincent
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Publieke teologie of koninkryksteologie? Gedagtes oor die sosiale relevansie van Gereformeerde Teologie

In die Skriflig, 2022
Public theology or kingdom theology? Thoughts on the social relevance of Reformed Theology. This article investigated the metatheoretical assumptions of the contemporary discourse about Public Theology.
Jacobus M. Vorster
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African public theology

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

E-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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