RT Article
T1 ‘Making public theology operational: public theology and the church
JF International journal of public theology
VO 13
IS 2
SP 203
OP 226
A1 Oorschot, Frederike van 1984-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1683724933
AB This article examines how public theologians aim to bring their theology into the practice of the church. In the first part it analyses the references to the church in the work of contemporary public theologians from the United States and Germany and suggests four different categories for the relations explored (explicit function, implicit function, public church, church as public). In the second part, it discusses three systematic aspects of these relations. First, following Kuyper, it defines the term ‘church' more accurately. Second, it offers insights into liturgical research in order to help to sharpen the places where and means by which the implicit shaping of individual ethical behaviour in the church takes place, as exemplified in the work of Dirk Smit. Third, it discusses the task of pastors as mediators between church and theology.
K1 Church
K1 Ecclesiology
K1 Liturgy
K1 Pastoral Training
K1 Public Theology
K1 Worship
DO 10.15496/publikation-82019