Author Biography

STEPHAN van ERP is Professor of Fundamental Theology at KU Leuven, Belgium.CHRISTOPHER CIMORELLI is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at Caldwell University, USA.CHRISTIANE ALPERS is Research Fellow at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.

Table of Contents

Salvation in the World: Introduction, Stephan van Erp (KU Leuven, Belgium), Christopher Cimorelli (Caldwell University, USA) , Christiane Alpers (KU Leuven, Belgium)PART I: Theological Renewal in the Public SphereChapter 1Edward Schillebeeckx on Secularization and Public Theology, Joshua Furnal (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands)Chapter 2Public Opposition to Ecclesial Involvement in Secular Politics: Schillebeeckx's Grace-Optimism as a Response to Public Theology and Radical Orthodoxy, Christiane Alpers (KU Leuven, Belgium)Chapter 3A Theologian Standing with God in the World: Development in Schillebeeckx's Epistemology and Implications for Feminist Theology, Megan Loumagne (University of Oxford, UK)Chapter 4Dangerous Theology: Edward Schillebeeckx, Pope Francis, and Hope for Catholic Women, Kate Mroz (Boston College, USA)PART II: Faithfulness to the Christian Tradition in the Public SphereChapter 5Tradition Hermeneutics: Joseph Ratzinger and Edward Schillebeeckx on the Role of Histori-cal-Cultural Context for the Christian Faith, Branislav Kuljovsky (KU Leuven, Belgium)Chapter 6Metaphysical Theology in Hermeneutical Times? Lessons from Edward Schillebeeckx, Marijn de Jong (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)Chapter 7Reexamining Edward Schillebeeckx's Anthropological Constants: An Ontological Perspective, Daniel Minch (KU Leuven, Belgium)Chapter 8Forging a Way through Creation: "God or the World?" or "God and the World?", Rhona Lewis (University of Oxford, UK)Chapter 9Schillebeeckx's Contrast Experience: Tangible Experiences As Expression of God's Embracing Salvation, Thijs Caspers (Tillburg University, the Netherlands)PART III: Theological Critique of the Public SphereChapter 10The Good News about Climate Change, Jan Jorrit Hasselaar (University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)Chapter 11Development amid Sin: Schillebeeckx and Newman for Today, Christopher Cimorelli (Caldwell University, USA)Chapter 12Experience and Critical Reflection in Religion: Schillebeeckx's Theology and Evolutionary Studies of Religion, Tom Uytterhoeven (KU Leuven, Belgium)PART IV: Crossings of Theology and the Public SphereChapter 13Edward Schillebeeckx and Sexual Trauma: Salvation as Healing, Julia Feder (Creighton University, USA)Chapter 14An Ever-Stitched Wholeness: Fragment and Relationality in Trauma Theory and Schille-beeckx's Theology of Salvation, Heather DuBois (University of Notre Dame, USA)Chapter 15Toward a Theology of Vulnerability: An Analysis and Critique of White Strategies of Igno-rance and Invulnerability, Eleonora Hof (Protestant Theological University, the Netherlands)BibliographyIndex

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The young scholars in this important volume make it very obvious how Schillebeeckx' work helps them to engage theologically with contemporary issues, and thus are witness to the ongoing relevance of two of his core convictions. Firstly, that the God the Christian tradition remembers is the God active in the present, regardless of whether contemporary culture considers itself as secular. Secondly, that this makes theology both critical of its current context and self-critical. * Erik Borgman, Tilburg University, The Netherlands *
Drawing upon the work of Edward Schillebeeckx, the editors present fifteen emerging scholars from North America and Europe who place the Dutch theologian's work in critical cross-disciplinary conversation with topics ranging from radical finitude to trauma theory. These penetrating essays challenge contemporary theology to engage the public sphere, but without jeopardizing commitment to the Christian tradition. Rather than abstractly defending Christianity, the authors critically engage such concrete realities as secularization, exclusion of the vulnerable, societal conceptions of "progress," climate change, and sexual violence - all of which lie at the "crossroads" of public theology - in order to demonstrate how specific public problems can be responded to from a Christian perspective. A most welcome affirmation of Schillebeeckx's conviction that there can be "no salvation outside the world"! * Mary Ann Hinsdale, Boston College, USA *
This book is a very important contribution to the discussion of the relationship between theology and politics, especially the importance of theology in promoting a more accessible and more inclusive public sphere, and to improve its humane and social configuration. This kind of theology, sensitive to the consequences of its political and societal dimension, described as public theology, is discussed in a highly innovative fashion in the light of one of its spiritual ancestors, Edward Schillebeeckx. * Kurt Appel, University of Vienna, Austria *

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A significant contribution to our understanding of public theology through the writings of Edward Schillebeeckx.

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The young scholars in this important volume make it very obvious how Schillebeeckx' work helps them to engage theologically with contemporary issues, and thus are witness to the ongoing relevance of two of his core convictions. Firstly, that the God the Christian tradition remembers is the God active in the present, regardless of whether contemporary culture considers itself as secular. Secondly, that this makes theology both critical of its current context and self-critical.

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A significant contribution to our understanding of public theology through the writings of Edward Schillebeeckx.

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This is the first study that discusses Schillebeeckx's scholarship and its relevance for public theology

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