"Take Up Your Cross" : Public Theology Between Populism and Pluralism in the Post-Migrant Context
(2019) In International Journal of Public Theology 13(2). p.140-162- Abstract
- As of 1 June 2018, the symbol of the cross has to be shown in all state offices of Bavaria in Germany. In order to chart the churches’ reaction, I return to a conversation that Robert N. Bellah and Martin E. Marty had during the 1960s and the 1970s. Drawing on the core concepts of this conversation, I analyze and assess today’s cross controversy as a case of what I call the ‘populist predicament’. I argue that Marty’s programme of public theology provides a path out of the populist predicament because it combines the celebration and the critique of identity. Ultimately, I advocate for a pluralist position of public theology in the post-migrant context.
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- author
- Schmiedel, Ulrich LU
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- International Journal of Public Theology
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 140 - 162
- publisher
- Brill
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- scopus:85069158558
- ISSN
- 1872-5171
- DOI
- 10.1163/15697320-12341569
- language
- English
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- 5aaf43bf-1637-4d87-b51f-83be36ce6ae9
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