World Christianity as Public Religion

In a context of globalization, socioeconomic disparity, environmental concerns, mass migration, and multiplying political and social upheavals, Christians from different parts of the world are forced to ask complex questions about poverty, migration, race, gender, sexuality, and land-related conflicts. Scholars have gradually become aware that world Christianity has a public face, voice, and reason. This volume stresses world Christianity as a form of public religion, identifying areas for intercultural engagement. It proposes a conversation that includes voices from South and North America, Europe, and Africa, highlighting differences and commonalities as Christian scholars from different parts of the world address concerns related to world Christianity and public responsibility. Divided into five sections, each formed by two chapters, this volume covers themes such as the reimagination of theology, doctrine, and ecumenical dialogue in the context of world Christianity; Global South perspectives on pluralism and intercultural communication; how epistemological shifts promoted by liberation theology and its dialogue with cultural critical studies have impacted discourses on religion, ethics, and politics; conversations on gender and church from Brazilian and German perspectives; and intercultural proposals for a migratory epistemology that recenters the experience of migration as a primary location for meaning.

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World Christianity as Public Religion

In a context of globalization, socioeconomic disparity, environmental concerns, mass migration, and multiplying political and social upheavals, Christians from different parts of the world are forced to ask complex questions about poverty, migration, race, gender, sexuality, and land-related conflicts. Scholars have gradually become aware that world Christianity has a public face, voice, and reason. This volume stresses world Christianity as a form of public religion, identifying areas for intercultural engagement. It proposes a conversation that includes voices from South and North America, Europe, and Africa, highlighting differences and commonalities as Christian scholars from different parts of the world address concerns related to world Christianity and public responsibility. Divided into five sections, each formed by two chapters, this volume covers themes such as the reimagination of theology, doctrine, and ecumenical dialogue in the context of world Christianity; Global South perspectives on pluralism and intercultural communication; how epistemological shifts promoted by liberation theology and its dialogue with cultural critical studies have impacted discourses on religion, ethics, and politics; conversations on gender and church from Brazilian and German perspectives; and intercultural proposals for a migratory epistemology that recenters the experience of migration as a primary location for meaning.

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Overview

In a context of globalization, socioeconomic disparity, environmental concerns, mass migration, and multiplying political and social upheavals, Christians from different parts of the world are forced to ask complex questions about poverty, migration, race, gender, sexuality, and land-related conflicts. Scholars have gradually become aware that world Christianity has a public face, voice, and reason. This volume stresses world Christianity as a form of public religion, identifying areas for intercultural engagement. It proposes a conversation that includes voices from South and North America, Europe, and Africa, highlighting differences and commonalities as Christian scholars from different parts of the world address concerns related to world Christianity and public responsibility. Divided into five sections, each formed by two chapters, this volume covers themes such as the reimagination of theology, doctrine, and ecumenical dialogue in the context of world Christianity; Global South perspectives on pluralism and intercultural communication; how epistemological shifts promoted by liberation theology and its dialogue with cultural critical studies have impacted discourses on religion, ethics, and politics; conversations on gender and church from Brazilian and German perspectives; and intercultural proposals for a migratory epistemology that recenters the experience of migration as a primary location for meaning.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781506433721
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 11/15/2017
Series: World Christianity and Public Religion
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Raimundo C. Barreto Jr. is associate professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the editor of the Fortress Press series World Christianity and Public Religion. His most recent book is Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics, and the Poor in Brazil (Baylor University Press, 2023).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

The World Christianity and Public Religion Series Rainmndo C. Barreto Jr., Series Editor

Introduction 1

World Christianity as Public Religion Raimundo C. Barreto Jr.

Part I Theology, Doctrine, and Ecumenical Dialogue: Perspectives from Latin America

1 An Essay on Theology. Doctrine, and Ecumenical Dialogue 17

Protestant Christian Perspectives in Latin America Ronaldo Cavalcante

2 Limits and Possibilities for the Ecumenical Movement Today 33

A Latin American View Magali do Nascimento Cunha

Part II Pluralism, Ecumenism, and Intercultural Communication

3 Pluralism, Ecumenism, and Intercultural Communication 51

South African Experiences Retief Müller

4 Christianity as a Public Religion 65

Pluralism and Dialogue Jung Mo Sung 65

Part III Ethics and Society: Latin America

5 Theology, Ethics, and Society 81

Latin American Liberation Theologies Luis N. Rivera-Pagán

6 Beyond Contextualization 97

Gospel, Culture, and the Rise of a Latin American Christianity Raínmndo C. Barreto Jr.

Part IV Church and Gender: Contributions from the Global North and South

7 Church and Gender in Germany Uta Andréa 121

8 Women and Academic Theological Education 133

A Reflection on the Experience of Female Students from the Faculdade Unida de Vitória-ES (Brazil) Claudete Beise Ulrich

Part V World Christianity and Migration

9 A New Frontier 153

Intercultural Communication and the Urgency of a Migratory Epistemology Yvette Joy Harris-Smith

10 "Who You Are Does Not Matter in Europe!" 161

African Diaspora Christianities and the Ethical Politics of Wasting Bodies and Unwanted Immigration in Fortress Europe Afe Adogame

Bibliography 177

Index 197

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