Dissenting Church : Exploring the Theological Power of Conflict and Disagreement / edited by Judith Gruber, Michael Schüßler, Ryszard Bobrowicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gruber, Judith.

Contributor:

Schüssler, Michael.

Bobrowicz, Ryszard.

Series:

Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue, 2634-6605

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Liberation theology.

Religions.

Christian Theology.

Liberation Theology.

Comparative Religion.

Local Subjects:

Christian Theology.

Liberation Theology.

Comparative Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Summary:

This book challenges the prevailing notion of stability, cohesiveness, and uniformity within Christian communities, inviting readers to view contestation and disagreement as integral to theological reflection and church identity. While the volume focuses predominantly on the Roman Catholic Church as a case study, various chapters broaden the exploration across other Christian and non-Christian traditions. Beginning with the philosophical and theological foundations of conflict, contestation, and community, the book subsequently focuses on four main conflict fields: liturgy, canon law, gender, and sexuality, as well as race and postcolonial critical theory. The book finishes with a constructive proposal on how to think theologically about identity and antagonisms, as well as how to construct an ecclesiology of dissent. Contributors employ diverse methodological perspectives to offer constructive theological reflections, enhancing both understanding and practice of theology in the context of polarised public debates. This is an open access book. Judith Gruber is an associate professor of systematic theology at KU Leuven, Belgium, and the director of KU Leuven’s Centre for Liberation Theologies. Michael Schüßler is a professor of practical theology at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen since 2015. Ryszard Bobrowicz is a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven and an affiliate researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. He serves as the theological advisor for the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and collaborates with the Atlas of Religion or Belief Minority Rights.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

I. Philosophical and theological foundations of conflict, contestation, and community

Chapter 2. Theological Perspectives of Conflict, Contestation and Community Formation from an Ecumenical Angle

Chapter 3. A Radical Theology of Conflict and Contestation

II. Conflict field: Liturgy

Chapter 4. Catholic Liturgy Caught Between Polemics About Differences and Embracing Diversity

Chapter 5. To Be Who We Are - A Dissenting Church: Two Proposals

III. Conflict field: Canon Law

Chapter 6. Dealing with Conflict and Dissent in the Roman Catholic Church

Chapter 7. Dissent as Deviance: Sociological Observations on Structural Conflicts in Church

IV. Conflict field: Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 8. Seeking allies within the institutional church: reflections from South Africa on partnership as means to unsettling deadlocked conflict?

Chapter 9. Conflicting Masculinities in Christianity: Experiences and critical Reflections on Gender and Religion.-V. Conflict field: Race / Postcolonial Constellations

Chapter 10. The Muslim Ban: The Racialization of Religion and Soteriological Privilege

Chapter 11. The Secularism Paradox of Interreligious Relations and International Relations

VI. Constructing a Theology / Ecclesiology of Dissent. Chapter 12. Love your enemy: theology, identity and antagonism

Chapter 13. Disagreement and Religious Relevance.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-56019-1

OCLC:

1434743373