Learning by Doing: Being a Public Theologian in the Debate on Ageing
In this article the author develops four essential methodological guidelines, discovered while engaged as a European public theologian in the debate on ageing. They might be exemplary for public theologians working in other spheres of the public domain as well. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological u...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 465-476 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Public Theology
ageing
gerontology
methodology
Bonhoeffer
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| Summary: | In this article the author develops four essential methodological guidelines, discovered while engaged as a European public theologian in the debate on ageing. They might be exemplary for public theologians working in other spheres of the public domain as well. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological understanding of reality functions as a leading intuition. A public theologian (1) finds her- or himself involved and already situated in discursive practices; (2) critically and constructively contributes to the development of ‘social imaginaries’; (3) is an expert in her or his field; and (4) looks for allies and gladly cooperates with them. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | In: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341417 |