Volker Küster

The regional contributions from Africa and Asia show how the old European made denominational differences fade in the light of African Instituted Churches or Pentecostalism. Reshaping Protestantism is not a backward oriented project of reconstructing the original but makes use of the inner protestant pluralism to cope with globalization and changing religious landscapes. Who reads through the different articles can only come to the conclusion: Yes, there is a contribution to be expected from mainline Protestantism in all its variety.

Reshaping Protestantism in a Global Context

Hans Alma

Marcel Barnard

Volker Kuster

Images have caused uproar, violence and even casualties in the meeting of religions and cultures during the last years. Iconoclasm and iconolatry are on the agenda once more. Late Modern Culture is dominated by images and is understood in concepts such as aestheticization and symbolisation. Theological debate is likewise performed through images, symbols and rituals rather than through doctrines and beliefs. In this book, authors from various research backgrounds seek to clarify the terms of reference, and explore the diversity and disagreements in their use from a Christian perspective.

Visual Arts and Religion

Through biographical sketches of its main representatives and a sample of art works Minjung theology becomes vivid for the reader. As lasting impact in times of globalization and a changing Korean context its corporate theology of the cross is identified.

Korean Minjung Theology Revisited

A Protestant Theology of Passion

In der Spätmoderne muss die Theologie eine ästhetische Wende vollziehen, will sie ihre derzeitige Isolation durchbrechen. Volker Küster sieht und liest, wie Künstlerinnen und Schriftsteller sich dem Verhältnis von Gott und Terror nähern, und reflektiert dabei über das Verhältnis von Ästhetik und Ethik, Kunst und Theologie sowie Schuld und Versöhnung. Diese Themen werden in zwei Durchgängen variiert, anhand des Redens von Gott in Erinnerung an den 11. September und im Kontext politischer Konflikte in Deutschland, Südkorea und Südafrika.

Volker Küster

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