God in Public: A Prolegomena to Public Theology in the Romanian Context
This paper intends to begin a conversation on public theology in the Romanian context. The launching of the Global Network for Public Theology and of the International Journal of Public Theology some 10 years represent two significant markers for this new field of study. Public theology is a seri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/15/articles/11%20Constantineanu.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper intends to begin a conversation on public theology in the
Romanian context. The launching of the Global Network for Public Theology
and of the International Journal of Public Theology some 10 years represent two
significant markers for this new field of study. Public theology is a serious
engagement of Christian faith with the public domain in all its social, political,
cultural and economic spheres of life in society. It is proposed that the
engagement of theology in conversation with issues of public domain becomes
not only relevant but extremely urgent if we consider the historical, postcommunist,
post-dictatorial, transitional context of Romania and the entire
region of Central and Eastern Europe, where faith was privatized and excluded
from the public discourse for many decades. It is argued that in this context one
of the most important and urgent tasks of the church as well as of Christian
theology is to become an authentic witness in the public realm, toproclaim and
embody the gospel as public truth, i.e. a theology concerned with and addressing
the entire reality of life in society.It is thus shown that a crucial preoccupation
for Christians in Romania and in this part of the world isan articulation of a solid
public theology of culture, of work, of social justice and reconciliation, a public
theology for the common good and human flourishing.After a brief presentation
of a particular aspect of the Romanian regarding religion and public life, the
paper offers an introduction to this new field of study by looking at some
definitions, characteristics, approaches and tasks of public theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-6557 2247-2371 |