The Works of Alan Richardson as a Prototype Public Theology
Public theology today is a discipline engaging with an ever-growing array of publics, seeking to view their various social, political and cultural issues through a theological lens. In this article I will argue that the discipline has often failed to pay attention to earlier work which can claim to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-392 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FA Theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles NAB Fundamental theology |
| Further subjects: | B
CHRISTIAN apologetics
B Alan Richardson B Religious Education B Practice B prototype public theology B Secularism |
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| Summary: | Public theology today is a discipline engaging with an ever-growing array of publics, seeking to view their various social, political and cultural issues through a theological lens. In this article I will argue that the discipline has often failed to pay attention to earlier work which can claim to be antecedent of the genre. To evidence this claim I will describe and contextualise the work of Alan Richardson in mid twentieth-century Britain as a pragmatic endeavour responding to a developing public antipathy towards Christian beliefs and adherence which can be viewed as a prototype public theology. I will suggest that engaging with Richardson’s work perceived as an antecedent of public theology will add praxis to contemporary debates focused on theory, definitions and purposes. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20230095 |