Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Award Public theology has emerged in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries as theologians have increasingly entered the public square to engage
complex issues. This Companion to Public Theology brings a much-needed
resource to this relatively new field. The essays contained here bring a robust
and relevant faith perspective to a wide range of issues as well as foundational
biblical and theological perspectives which equip theologians to enter into
public dialogue. Public theology has never been more needed in public discourse,
whether local or global. In conversation across disciplines its contribution to
the construction of just policies is apparent in this volume, as scholars
examine the areas of political, social and economic spheres as well as issues of
ethics and civil societies, and draw on contexts from six continents.
Contributors are: Chris Baker, Andrew Bradstock, Luke Bretherton, Lisa Sowle
Cahill, Letitia M. Campbell, Claudio Carvalhaes, Katie Day, Frits de Lange,
Jolyon Mitchell, Elaine Graham, Paul Hanson, Nico Koopman, Sebastian Kim, Esther
McIntosh, Clive Pearson, Scott Paeth, Larry L. Rasmussen, Hilary Russell,
Nicholas Sagovsky, Dirk J. Smit, William Storrar, David Tombs, Rudolf von
Sinner, Jenny Anne Wright, and Yvonne Zimmerman.
