Abstract
This article considers the emergence, development and future of public theology in relation to its broader intellectual and social contexts, focusing primarily on the United States. Although some of the conditions that gave rise to the genre of public theology endure, developments and trends associated with a postsecular turn have created a strikingly different context, with new challenges and opportunities. In the article, it is argued that a primary task of public theology today consists in the critical engagement and reconfiguration of the reigning bipolar religion-secular model that fosters competing and mutually deficient religious and secular formations, and obscures forms of religiosity operating outside its conventional boundaries.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 292-312 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | International Journal of Public Theology |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 26 2014 |
Keywords
- postsecular
- public theology
- religion-secular classification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Sociology and Political Science