Can Public Theology Be Practised beyond the State?

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" Can Public Theology Be Practised beyond the State? "
Willem Fourie

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069563
Doc. No	:	LA113192
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341236‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Willem Fourie
Title & Author	:	Can Public Theology Be Practised beyond the State? [Article]\ Willem Fourie
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/3
Page No	:	292–305
Abstract	:	This article reflects on the relationship between public theology and the state. It suggests that a state-centric paradigm plays a significant role in the self-understanding and practice of public theology, and that transnationalism can serve as correction to state-centrism. It argues that these concepts complement the existing discourse on glocalization in public theology. The article investigates the role of churches in the struggle against apartheid as an early example of transnationalism in public theology. The concluding section shows that transnationalism may aid the practitioners of public theology to reflect critically on its relation to the state. This article reflects on the relationship between public theology and the state. It suggests that a state-centric paradigm plays a significant role in the self-understanding and practice of public theology, and that transnationalism can serve as correction to state-centrism. It argues that these concepts complement the existing discourse on glocalization in public theology. The article investigates the role of churches in the struggle against apartheid as an early example of transnationalism in public theology. The concluding section shows that transnationalism may aid the practitioners of public theology to reflect critically on its relation to the state.
Descriptor	:	apartheid
Descriptor	:	Global Compact
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	state-centrism
Descriptor	:	transnationalism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341236‬