‘Take Up Your Cross': Public Theology between Populism and Pluralism in the Post-Migrant Context

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 conversa...

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Main Author: Schmiedel, Ulrich 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 140-162
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
KBB German language area
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Pluralism
B Cross
B Migration
B Public Theology
B Populism
B Bedford-Strohm
B Marty
B Bellah
B Marx
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341569