Reconsidering David Tracy’s Public Theology in a Digital Age

While public theology initially developed amid concerns about secularization, its continued flourishing requires attention to the digital. Shaped especially by mediatization, digital intimacy, and accessibility issues, the digital sphere impacts both the idea of ‘public-ness’ and the practice of the...

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Main Author: Okey, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 321-345
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
FA Theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
RA Practical theology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Mediatization
B David Tracy
B Public Theology
B digital theology
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Summary:While public theology initially developed amid concerns about secularization, its continued flourishing requires attention to the digital. Shaped especially by mediatization, digital intimacy, and accessibility issues, the digital sphere impacts both the idea of ‘public-ness’ and the practice of theology. Building on the work of David Tracy, this article offers four possible approaches in light of his methodological connection between publics and theological subdisciplines: the digital is only an extension of existing forms of mediation, the digital is a feature of society and practical theology, the digital is a new public and needs a new subdiscipline, or the digital is a new context for the various publics and thus requires a contextual theology.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20230093