Prophetic Witness: An Appropriate Contemporary Mode of Public Discourse?
- ISBN-10
- 3643900449
- ISBN-13
- 9783643900449
- Category
- Christianity and culture
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- LIT Verlag Münster
- Authors
- Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Etienne De Villiers
Description
The role of religious prophetic witness in the public discourse of modern civil societies is a vital question, not only for the churches, but for society as a whole. Is it still appropriate for churches to make use of prophetic witness as a mode of public discourse in contemporary democratic societies? Can biblical tradition be a referential source for prophetic public statements of the churches in highly debated political questions? Or must public discourse in pluralistic societies be strictly grounded in purely reason-based arguments? This book deals with these questions in a multi-disciplinary perspective, looking at historical settings of biblical texts and discussing contemporary issues and contexts. (Series: Theology in the Public Square/Theologie in der Offentlichkeit - Vol. 1)
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- 2009
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