The church and the public sphere in societies in transition
By: edited by Christine Lienemann-Perrin & James R. Cochrane
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781920620042
Subjects: Cold War; Church and social problems; Church and state; Christianity and politics; Liberation theology; Religion and politics; Case studies; Civil society; Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978
Description: "This book is about churches in societies in transition, with case studies on South Africa, Mozambique, Brazil and South Korea, and references to Indonesia and the Philippines. Its fulcrum is the momentous historical 'turning point' in 1989-90 that signaled the end of the Cold War, the end of 'real socialism'; and the beginning of 'neo-liberal' globalism as we now know it."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / James R. Cochrane; title: Churches as civil society actors in current political transformation processes: reflections on typology / Frank Mathwig & Wolfgang Lienemann; title: Public church and public theology in South Africa's political transformation / Katrin Kusmierz & James R. Cochrane; title: The role of the churches in Mozambique's journey from war to peace / Benedict Schubert; title: The church's contribution to democratic transition in Brazil / Rudolf von Sinner; title: From a suffering people to citizenship: Korean churches between Minjung and shimin / Christine Lienemann-Perrin & Mee-Hyun Chung; title: New socio-political concepts in public theology in transformation processes in Asia, Africa, and Latin America / Christine Lienemann-Perrin.