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The Legacy of Theological Liberalism : A Ghost in Public Theology

Schmiedel, Ulrich LU (2022) In T&T Clark Handbooks p.127-146
Abstract
Charting the conversation between Robert N. Bellah and Martin E. Marty in which the concept of public theology was coined, this chapter contends that public theologies have been haunted by a ghost – the ghost of theological liberalism, concretized in Paul Tillich. Instead of casting out the ghost, however, the chapter re-claims this legacy in order to carve out the contours of a criterion that allows for critical analyses and constructive assessments of theologies in the public square today: openness to otherness. If public theologies learn to open themselves to the other, they resist the interpretation and instrumentalization of theologies for the contagious construct of the clash of civilizations by calling for coalitions between... (More)
Charting the conversation between Robert N. Bellah and Martin E. Marty in which the concept of public theology was coined, this chapter contends that public theologies have been haunted by a ghost – the ghost of theological liberalism, concretized in Paul Tillich. Instead of casting out the ghost, however, the chapter re-claims this legacy in order to carve out the contours of a criterion that allows for critical analyses and constructive assessments of theologies in the public square today: openness to otherness. If public theologies learn to open themselves to the other, they resist the interpretation and instrumentalization of theologies for the contagious construct of the clash of civilizations by calling for coalitions between Christians and non-Christians. (Less)
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T&T Clark Handbook of Public Theology
series title
T&T Clark Handbooks
editor
Hübenthal, Christoph and Alpers, Christiane
pages
127 - 146
publisher
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
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  • scopus:85189593065
ISBN
9780567692160
9780567692177
9780567692184
9780567692153
DOI
10.5040/9780567692184.0013
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English
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