Poverty and Public Theology:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Poverty and Public Theology: "
Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069355
Doc. No	:	LA112984
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973208X290017‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Heinrich Bedford-Strohm
Title & Author	:	Poverty and Public Theology: [Article] : Advocacy of the Church in Pluralistic Society\ Heinrich Bedford-Strohm
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	144–162
Abstract	:	This article describes four models of connecting the biblical option for the poor with theological ethics. The charity model denies any political significance of this option. The fundamental critical model connects this theological option exclusively with a confessional critique of western capitalism and its market approach. The political advice model does not give an explicit account of its theological groundings but tries to present practicable political solutions. Finally the public theology model which is advocated in this article connects a clear theological profile with the involvement in the public debate on economic strategies which reflect the option for the poor. For this, public theology has to be bilingual, speaking a theological and a secular language; moreover, because of its involvement in the public debate public theology can be understood as a liberation theology for a democratic society. The article presents Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as public theologians who, in their time, have been advocates for the poor. The memorandum of the German Protestant churches of 2006 on poverty is presented as an example of public theological involvement of the church in our time. The article ends with a reflection on eschatological justice. This article describes four models of connecting the biblical option for the poor with theological ethics. The charity model denies any political significance of this option. The fundamental critical model connects this theological option exclusively with a confessional critique of western capitalism and its market approach. The political advice model does not give an explicit account of its theological groundings but tries to present practicable political solutions. Finally the public theology model which is advocated in this article connects a clear theological profile with the involvement in the public debate on economic strategies which reflect the option for the poor. For this, public theology has to be bilingual, speaking a theological and a secular language; moreover, because of its involvement in the public debate public theology can be understood as a liberation theology for a democratic society. The article presents Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as public theologians who, in their time, have been advocates for the poor. The memorandum of the German Protestant churches of 2006 on poverty is presented as an example of public theological involvement of the church in our time. The article ends with a reflection on eschatological justice.
Descriptor	:	CHURCH
Descriptor	:	DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Descriptor	:	JUSTICE
Descriptor	:	MARTIN LUTHER
Descriptor	:	POLITICAL ETHICS
Descriptor	:	POVERTY
Descriptor	:	PUBLIC THEOLOGY
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973208X290017‬