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What role does, could or should theology play in current discussions about our political realities? Is there a place for theological worldviews in the public conversation about policy making? Should theology critically unmask the underlying theological and metaphysical sources of contemporary politics?
The contributors to this volume reflect on new questions in public and political theology, inspired by the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx. They discuss a variety of theological traditions and theories that could offer substantial contributions to current political challenges, and debate whether theology should contribute to the liberation of communities of poor and suffering people.
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.
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: The Sacrament of Public Life
Stephan van Erp, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, the Netherlands
PART I: THEOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICS: 'IF POLITICS ISN'T EVERYTHING...'
2. God Becoming Present in the World: Sacramental Foundations of a Theology of Public Life
Stephan van Erp, Katholieke Universiteit, the Netherlands
3. Towards a Hermeneutic for Public Theology: A Conversation with Schillebeeckx and Habermas
Sebastian Kim, York St John University, UK
4. Glimpses of Schillebeeckx in Asian Theological Hermeneutics
Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, Australian Catholic University, Australia
5. The Hermeneutics of Intersubjectivity: A Study of Theologies of Homelessness
Siobhán Garrigan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
6. From Han to Mystical-Political Praxis: Intercultural Hermeneutics Schillebeeckx's Soteriology
Kevin Considine, Calumet College of St. Joseph, USA
PART II: CHRISTOLOGY: 'THE PRAXIS OF THE REIGN OF GOD'
7. Speaking of Jesus Today: Towards an Engaged Systematic Theology
Graham Ward, University of Oxford, UK
8. Still Revealing Himself: How Jesus' Resurrection Enables US to be Public Theologians
Erik Borgman, Tilburg University, Netherlands
9. Overcoming Political Nestorianism: Towards a Chalcedonian Politics
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University, USA
10. Concentrating on Creation: Following Christ in a Context of Climate Change
Martin Poulsom, Heythrop College, UK
PART III: ESCHATOLOGY: 'GOD, THE FUTURE OF MAN'
11. Are the Last Things Exclusively Positive? Schillebeeckx's Eschatology and Public Theology
Prof. Christoph Hübenthal, RU Nijmegen, Netherlands
12. 'Putting the Facts to Shame': Eschatology and the Discourse of Martyrdom
Michael Kirwan, Heythrop College, UK
13. Schillebeeckx's View on Eschatology as Public Theology Today
Frederiek Depoortere, KU Leuven, Belgium
14. Afro-Pessimism and Christian Hope
Vincent Lloyd, Syracuse University, USA
PART IV: ECCLESIOLOGY: 'THE CHURCH WITH A HUMAN FACE'
15. Enchantment, Idolatry, and Sacrament: Looking for Grace in the Secular
William Cavanaugh, De Paul University, USA
16. 'Things Which Can Be Seen Only by Eyes That Have Cried'. Towards a Political Theology of Lament
Emmanuel Katongole, Notre Dame University, USA
17. The Church and the Elusive 'Public'
Elizabeth Phillips, University of Cambridge, UK
18. The Church in the Limelight of the Public Square: An Alternative Community?
Annemarie Mayer, KU Leuven, Belgium
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
