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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341569 |