An interview with Saskia Schäfer by Muhammad Afdillah.
This essay is part of a book series on Neena Mahadev’s Karma and Grace.
Scholar, activist, and minister Colin Bossen discusses his new book with Michael McLaughlin, shining light on how inclusive visions of populism can draw on religion to deepen democracy
This essay is part of a book series on Karma and Grace by Neena Mahadev.
Contemporary African political theologies are a study in contrasts. A prophetic strand challenging unjust politics is alive and well, but so are political theologies that align with unscrupulous politicians and seek wealth at the expense of ordinary people. This dizzying situation raises questions of both substance and method about what African political theology is and how to do it.
We need not lose sight of the last four hundred years of political theological debate when searching for new ways to deliberate amidst diverse viewpoints and backgrounds.
Part of our duty is to generate the publics that we want to inhabit, not simply to assent to the publics that are foisted upon us.
Religions, a peer-reviewed, open access journal of theology, invites scholars to submit papers for its special issue, “Political Theology and Pluralism.”
