Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Peter Kohlgraf Forgiveness and Reconciliation Experiences of Faith – Fields of Action Forgiveness and reconciliation are main themes of the Christian faith. This study approaches the topic from a practical and pastoral theological perspective. How do people live as »experts« in forgiveness and...

Topological Dogma

Hans-Joachim Sander Topological Dogma Part 1 The function of dogma is to give deeper expression to the words of God in light of tradition and contemporary signs of the time. This task must constantly be revisited in order to take present thinking into account in speaking of God in ways that are...

Jesus the Jew and the Future of Christianity

Norbert Reck Jesus the Jew and the Future of Christianity The Rift Between Dogma and the Bible: A Proposed Solution While the number of Christians in the southern hemisphere is increasing, the churches in the north are losing hundreds of thousands of their members. Norbert Reck assumes that the...

Believing Differently, Not In Spite of It

Hans-Joachim Sander Believing Differently, Not In Spite of It The Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse and Its Theological Consequences For years now, Catholics have been shaken time and again due to the new unbelievable revelations about sexual abuse by priests in their church. Furthermore, the...

God: The Great Unknown

Norbert Scholl God: The Great Unknown Things Worth Being Amazed About and Things to Question Are there still good reasons to believe in the existence of “God”? Or in “something divine”? Or in a transcendent and comprehensive force and energy that is the basis for everything? In a “higher power”? Is...

Trinity

Stefan Knobloch Trinity Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change and Faith in the Triune God The keywords of digitalization, artificial intelligence and climate change are used to describe current dangers to our society. Where is this development heading? It seems more than absurd to...

Becoming Someone Else's Guest

Margit Eckholt Becoming Someone Else's Guest Analysis of Faith with Michel de Certeau in Times of Intercultural and Interreligious Encounters The French Jesuit Michel de Certeau (1925–1984) crossed the borders between disciplines – historical and cultural studies, philosophy and religious studies –...

The Church Listens to the People

Paul M. Zulehner The Church Listens to the People A Pastoral Theology from Below Case studies are listening to people in a scientifically organised way. This book includes five such case studies, which could be helpful in the day-to-day operations of the Church: on the satisfaction with Pope...

Against False Alternatives

Jürgen Werbick Against False Alternatives Why Nothing Is Alien to the Christian Faith Polarisations increasingly dominate social, church-related and theological discourses. They work with exclusionary alternatives to make the options of the "other" side impossible and to mobilise decisiveness:...

Life After Death

Hubert Philipp Weber Life After Death Understanding Christian Hope Part of the Christian hope is that life is not lost with physical death but remains – renewed and reconciled with all brokenness. When people have an experience of death, it makes them aware that their own life is heading for death....