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Public Theology in Law and Life
Author(s): Brian Edgar (Author), Paul Babie (Author), David Wilson (Author)
- Publisher: ATF Press
- Publication Date: 30 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 275 pages
- ISBN-10: 1921817771
- ISBN-13: 9781921817779
Book Description
”Public theology” involves the application of biblical and theological principles outside the confines of the church and assesses their implications for wider society. It examines both the theoretical structures of society (the nature of secularity, government, globalisation, pluralism and so forth) and the myriad specific issues involved in daily life (everything from sport to work-place relations to economics). Public theology is also, very importantly, a discipline that is practiced by the ”ordinary” Christian as well as the academic, and it is done in public (with all the scrutiny that entails) and in such a way that it communicates to non-Christians (although it remains a theological endeavour). In a real sense it is theology for the world, from the Word, by the people of God. The volume has a variety of contributors and includes an article on the role of public theology in Islam.
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About the Author
Brian Edgar is Professor of Theological Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (USA) although primarily resident in Australia.
Paul Babie is ALS Professor of Property Law, Associate Dean of Law (Learning & Teaching), and Director of the Law and Religion Project of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics and Law (RUSSEL) (which he founded in 2007). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2017. His research, throughout his career, has involved asking what property is and how, if at all, it can be justified. He has explored those questions from legal theoretical and from theological perspectives. He teaches property law, property theory, law and religion, and Roman law.
