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Wenn nach Krieg Friede kommt - Schuld und Versöhnung nach politischen Umbrüchen - Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit in Südafrika und Deutschland Wie geht man mit der Schuld um, wenn nach Krieg Friede kommt, wenn nach der Diktatur eine demokratische Gesellschaftsform eingeübt werden soll? Oft ist dann von Versöhnung die Rede, einem Wort, das zumindest im deutschen Sprachgebrauch deutlich religiös konnotiert ist. Doch meint Versöhnung in politischen Zusammenhängen dasselbe wie die theologische Rede von der Versöhnung? Gibt die Theologie in konkreten politischen Konfliktlagen überhaupt noch Orientierung? Diesen Fragen geht Ralf Wüstenberg anhand von zwei Fallstudien nach: dem Umgang mit dem Apartheidsregime in Südafrika durch die Wahrheits- und Versöhnungskommission (TRC) sowie der Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur der ehemaligen DDR durch die Enquete-Kommissionen. Eine wichtige Studie zur Relevanz der Theologie für die Politik

Dieser erste Band der interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Reihe "Religion im kulturellen Kontext" bietet unter der Fragestellung "Postsäkular?" zu den Schwerpunktthemen "Kultur - Religion - Gesellschaft", "Religion und Politik", "Religion und Ethik", "interreligiöser Dialog", "Religion und Schule" u. a. folgende Beiträge: "Religion und Politik jenseits von Kirche und Staat", "Religion im öffentlichen Raum", "Religion im bioethischen Diskurs", "Religion und Protest", "Schutz vor Diskriminierung wegen Religion", "Kreuz und Kopftuch", "Religion im deutschen Verfassungsrecht", "Das Schulfach 'Werte und Normen'", "'Verletzlichkeit' im interreligiösen Dialog und im interreligiösen Lernen", "Religiöse Bildung und soziales Gedächtnis in der 'generation global'".

This book arises out of contemporary questions regarding the nature and formation of the church amidst an economically divided society. Looking to Augustine of Hippo for guidance, Jonathan D. Ryan argues that the movement from private self-interest toward common love of God and neighbor is fundamental to the church s formation and identity amidst contemporary contexts of economic inequality. Ryan demonstrates the centrality of this theme in Augustine s Sermons and his monastic instruction (principally the Rule), illustrating how it shapes his pastoral guidance on matters pertinent to economic division, including use of material resources, and attitudes toward rich and poor. By reading Augustine s Sermons alongside his monastic instruction, this volume allows for a closer understanding of how Augustine s vision of a common life is reflected in his pastoral guidance to the wider congregation. The book s concluding reflections consider what the church in our time might learn from these aspects of Augustine s teaching regarding the formation of a common life, as members are drawn together in love of God and neighbour

There are two driving questions informing this book. The first is where does our moral life come from? It presupposes that considering morality broadly is inadequate. Instead, different aspects need to be teased apart. It is not sufficient to assume that different virtues are bolted onto a vicious animality, red in tooth and claw. Nature and culture have interlaced histories. By weaving in evolutionary theories and debates on the evolution of compassion, justice and wisdom, it showa a richer account of who we are as moral agents. The second driving question concerns our relationships with animals. Deane-Drummond argues for a complex community-based multispecies approach. Hence, rather than extending rights, a more radical approach is a holistic multispecies framework for moral action. This need not weaken individual responsibility. She intends not to develop a manual of practice, but rather to build towards an alternative philosophically informed approach to theological ethics, including animal ethics. The theological thread weaving through this account is wisdom. Wisdom has many different levels, and in the broadest sense is connected with the flow of life understood in its interconnectedness and sociality. It is profoundly theological and practical. In naming the project the evolution of wisdom Deane-Drummond makes a statement about where wisdom may have come from and its future orientation. But justice, compassion and conscience are not far behind, especially in so far as they are relevant to both individual decision-making and0institutions

When it comes to evangelicals and sex, it seems, whatever the question, the answer is "no." In Saving Sex, Amy DeRogatis argues that this could not be further from the truth. Demolishing the myth of evangelicals as anti-sex, she shows that American evangelicals claim that fabulous sex -- in the right context --i s viewed as a divinely-sanctioned, spiritual act. For decades, evangelical sex education has been a thriving industry. Evangelical couples have sought advice from Christian psychologists and marriage counselors, purchased millions of copies of faith-based "sexual guidebooks," and consulted magazines, pamphlets, websites, blogs, and podcasts on a vast array of sexual topics, including human anatomy, STDs -- sometimes known as "Sexually Transmitted Demons"--Varieties of sexual pleasure, role-play, and sex toys, all from a decidedly biblical angle. DeRogatis discusses a wide range of evidence, from purity literature for young evangelicals to sex manuals for married couples to "deliverance manuals," which instruct believers in how to expel demons that enter the body through sexual sin. Evangelicals have at times attempted to co-opt the language of female empowerment, emphasizing mutual consent and female sexual pleasure while insisting that the key to marital sexual happiness depends on maintaining traditional gender roles based on the literal interpretation of scripture. Saving Sex is a long-overdue exploration of evangelicals' surprising and often-misunderstood beliefs about sex -- who can do what, when, and why -- and of the many ways in which they try to bring those beliefs to bear on American culture

Introduction -- King's Intellectual odessey: from Morehouse to Crozer -- Social gospel and Walter Rauschenbusch -- King and personalism -- King's conception of God -- The dignity of being and sexism -- Personal communitarianism and the beloved community -- Objective moral order and moral laws -- Use of moral laws and the Vietnam War -- The universe is friendly: social-ethical implications -- Afterword