Publisher's Synopsis
There is a widely ramified international discourse on the terminology and conception of Public Theology. In German-speaking areas, the debate currently revolves around the programmatic terms, Public Theology, Public Protestantism and Public Church. The present volume brings the aforementioned theories into conversation with each other with the goals of counteracting possible reductionisms in the debate, as well as naming open questions. Besides the theoretical bases treated in the volume's first main part, the second main part focusses on the significance of discourse about Public Theology for Protestant social welfare organization [Diaconia/Diakonie], which is both an agent and a learning environment of public theology - and as a consequence, is also to be understood as a form of Public Church and Public Protestantism. A third topical unit is dedicated to material-dogmatic and material-ethical topics of Public Theology.
