A Companion to Public Theology.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Foundations of Public Theology -- 1 The Bible and Public Theology -- 2 Public Theology in the History of Christianity -- 3 Does it Matter? On Whether there is Method in the Madness -- Part 2 Public Theology and the Political Sphere -- 4 State, Democracy &amp -- Community Organizing -- 5 Public Theology and Reconciliation -- 6 Public Theology in the Context of Nationalist Ideologies: A South African Example -- 7 Politics, Church and the Common Good -- Part 3 Public Theology, Economics and Social Justice -- 8 Public Theology in the Context of Globalization -- 9 Social Cohesion and the Common Good: Drawing on Social Science in Understanding the Middle East -- 10 Public Theology as a Theology of Citizenship -- 11 Public Theology, the Public Sphere and the Struggle for Social Justice -- 12 Forced Labor and the Movement to End Human Trafficking -- 13 'I Met God, She's Black': Racial, Gender and Sexual Equalities in Public Theology -- 14 Public Theology and Health Care -- Part 4 Public Theology, Ethics and Civil Societies -- 15 Whence Climate Injustice -- 16 Public Theology and Bioethics -- 17 Urban Ecology and Faith Communities -- 18 The Quest for a Coalitional Praxis: Examining the Attraction of a Public Theology from the Perspective of Minorities -- 19 Mediating Public Theology -- 20 Worship, Liturgy and Public Witness -- Index.

The Companion to Public Theology offers a collection of cutting-edge essays by an international group of scholars that provides a foundation for public theology as well as engagement with a wide range of public issues in dialogue with other disciplines.

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