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"Take Up Your Cross" : Public Theology Between Populism and Pluralism in the Post-Migrant Context

Schmiedel, Ulrich LU (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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International Journal of Public Theology
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13
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2
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140 - 162
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Brill
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  • scopus:85069158558
ISSN
1872-5171
DOI
10.1163/15697320-12341569
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English
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