Political Theology

Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Klaus Tanner, Michael Welker, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Klaus Tanner, Michael Welker

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780664239510
• eBook ISBN:
  9781611643695
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

In this collection, six leading theologians on political theology explore the contemporary states and potential future of the discipline. Offering a highly nuanced and complex picture of "older" and "newer" Political Theology, these scholars examine the multifaceted interconnections and tensions between political theologies, liberation theologies, feminist theologies, and theologies that see themselves as "postcolonial" or "decolonizing."

Among other topics, the authors address the ecumenical and global nature of political theology; the lack of critical feminist analysis in most political, liberation, and postcolonial theologies; the statements regarding political theology in the encyclicals of Benedict XVI; and the specific tasks that political theology must address to remain effective and relevant.

Contributors include Jurgen Moltmann, Johann Baptist Metz , Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Klaus Tanner, and Michael Welker.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Jürgen Moltmann: Political Theology in Ecumenical Contexts
• Johann Baptist Metz: Two-Fold Political Theology
• Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza: Critical Feminist The*logy of Liberation: A Decolonizing Political The*logy
• Francis Schüssler Fiorenza: Prospects for Political Theology in the Face of Contemporary Challenges
• Klaus Tanner: Political Theology According to Benedict XVI
• Michael Welker: The Future Tasks of Political Theology: On Religion and Politics Beyond Habermas and Ratzinger