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The Claim to Christianity
The far right is on the rise across Europe, pushing a battle scenario in which Islam clashes with Christianity as much as Christianity clashes with Islam. From the margins to the mainstream, far-right protesters and far-right politicians call for the defence of Europe’s Christian culture. The far right claims Christianity. This book investigates contemporary far-right claims to Christianity. Ulrich Schmiedel and Hannah Strømmen examine the theologies that emerge in the far right across Europe, concentrating on Norway, Germany and Great Britain. They explore how churches in these three countries have been complicit, complacent or critical of the far right, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally. Ultimately, Schmiedel and Strømmen encourage a creative and collaborative theological response. To counter the far right, Christianity needs to be practiced in an open and open-ended way which calls Christians into contact with Muslims.
Hitler's Personal Prisoner
From 1938 to 1945, the Protestant church leader Martin Niemoeller was detained as 'Hitler's Personal Prisoner' in Nazi concentration camps, and has been widely hailed as an icon of Christian resistance against the Nazis. Benjamin Ziemann uncovers a more problematic 'historical' Niemoeller behind the legend of the resistance hero.
Versöhnung: Theologische Perspektiven
Martin Leiner hat die Versöhnungsforschung und -praxis in den vergangenen Jahren maßgeblich geprägt und gefördert. Als Gründer und Leiter des 2013 ins Leben gerufenen Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies/Zentrum für Versöhnungsforschung (JCRS) an der Theologischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ist er ein unermüdlicher Brückenbauer und Netzwerker über die universitären Grenzen hinaus. Gerade die Schwerpunkte der vergleichenden Konflikterforschung und der Untersuchung von Versöhnungsprozessen weltweit verleihen dem Jenaer Forschungszentrum eine Sonderstellung, die sowohl durch zahlreiche akademische Impulse (Theoriebildung und praxisnahe Fallstudien) als auch...
What Does Theology Do, Actually?
»What Does Theology Do, Actually? Observing Theology and the Transcultural« is to be the first in a series of 5 books, each presented under the same question – »What Does Theology Do, Actually?«, with vols. 2–5 focusing on one of the theological subdisciplines. This first volume proceeds from the observation of a need for a highly inflected »trans-cultural«, and not simply »inter-cultural«, set of perspectives in theological work and training. The revolution brought about across the humanities disciplines through globalization and the recognition of »multiple modernities« has introduced a diversity of overlapping cultural content and multiple cultural and religious belongings not only into academic work in the humanities and social sciences, but into the Christian churches as well.
Human Dignity
An analytical study of human dignity as the humanity of a person, as a constitutional value and a constitutional right.
Evangelische Ethik kompakt
Ethische Orientierung in Grundbegriffen: kompakt, klar, kompetent Anhand von Kernbegriffen moralischer und ethischer Kommunikation stellen die führenden theologischen Ethiker des deutschsprachigen Raumes die zentralen Themen der Ethik in evangelischer Perspektive dar. So ist ein kleines, lexikalisches Handbuch entstanden, das als Einführung für Studierende ebenso dienen kann wie als kompaktes Kompendium für alle, die in ethischen Fragestellungen Entscheidungen zu treffen haben. Die Themen im Einzelnen: Autonomie - Dilemma - Ethik - Freiheit - Gabe - Gebot - Gerechtigkeit - Gewissen - Glaube (einschl. Bibel) - Gut/Güter - Handeln - Kompromiss - Kultur - Leben - Liebe - Macht - Mensch - Menschenwürde - Moral - Naturrecht - Person - Pflicht - Pluralismus - Scham - Schuld - Solidarität - Toleranz - Tugend - Verantwortung - Versöhnung, Vergebung, Verzeihen - Werte und Normen.
A New Model of Religious Conversion
Based on the analysis of 52 conversion narratives to various religious groups, A New Model of Religious Conversion utilizes case studies for comparison of converts' backgrounds, network influence, and conversion narratives. The author convincingly illustrates a "fit" between the converts' background and the religion they convert to, such as between disorganized family backgrounds and highly structured religions. Conversely, those from highly structured backgrounds often convert to more "open" groups. The book also makes it clear that not all conversions are influenced by networks or align themselves with a social constructivist view of a conversion as an "account." Taking converts' trajectories seriously, the author makes a strong case for the application of biographical sociology to the study of conversion and (American) sociology overall.
Religion in the European Refugee Crisis
This book explores the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis of Europe. Combining sociological, philosophical, and theological accounts of this crisis, renowned scholars from across Europe examine how religion has been employed to call either for eliminating or for enforcing the walls around “Fortress Europe.” Religion, they argue, is radically ambiguous, simultaneously causing social conflict and social cohesion in times of turmoil. Charting the constellations, the conflicts, and the consequences of the current refugee crisis, this book thus answers the need for succinct but sustained accounts of the intersections of religion and migration.
The Faith of St. Paul
For generations, scholars who study the letters of St. Paul have argued about "being-in-Christ" and "justification by faith" as though they were competing theologies. They have argued about faith as divine gift or human work, and more recently the faith of Jesus Christ has been called into question. Harrisville proposes a provocative and simple solution to these issues by examining scholarly assumptions and presenting the faith of St. Paul as a dynamic and life-changing power. Participation in Christ and righteousness by faith are actually complimentary expressions for the same concept. The apostle's faith was not self-engendered but a gift that transformed him into a believer. Taking a more organic approach to understanding the faith of St. Paul, this book provides a path toward reconciling entrenched positions and providing a fresh perspective by presenting the apostle's concept of faith as a transformative gift of divine power.
