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In vastly different contexts around the world � such as South Africa and Germany � human dignity has proved itself to be an important and useful concept. Despite at times being open to political instrumentalization, Christian theology has also developed a close relationship to this concept. In this article, a theological interpretation of human dignity is developed by employing theological concepts such as the image of God, the preferential option for the poor, the commandment of love and the relational nature of being human.

Die Klimakatastrophe und die Bedrohung des ökologischen Gleichgewichts sind in den letzten Jahren zunehmend ins Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Gefragt sind politische Handlungsstrategien, aber auch individuelle Verantwortung und persönliche Verhaltensänderungen werden thematisiert. In diesem Band werden zentrale theologische Fragen wie etwa die nach Schöpfung und Endlichkeit erörtert, neuere ökologische Schöpfungstheologien vorgestellt und diskutiert und das Gespräch mit den Naturwissenschaften geführt.

The role of prophetic witness of the churches in the public discourse of modern civil societies is analysed on the basis of three public memorandums of the German Protestant churches on economic questions and their impact on the public. Among the ten systematic conclusions which are drawn from this case study is the importance of the specific context for the role of prophetic statements. The article tries to show how prophetic witness is a necessary element of a public theology, which is not based on fundamental criticism, but develops both critical and constructive perspectives for politics and society. If such public theology is liberation theology for a democratic society it is the task of the church to get involved in the public debate in a 'bilingual' way, that is, on the basis of its biblical-theological sources but at the same time with the ability to engage in the secular language of pluralistic societies. ; http://www.hts.org.za ; hb2015

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword: The Anthropocene as a Challenge for Public Theology-Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; Acknowledgments; Contributors; The Future of Religion in the Anthropocene Era-Celia Deane-Drummond, Sigurd Bergmann, and Markus Vogt; Part 1: Setting the Stage; 1 On Going Gently into the Anthropocene-Michael Northcott; 2 From the Anthropocene Epoch to a New Axial Age: Using Theory-Fictions to Explore Geo-Spiritual Futures-Bronislaw Szerszynski; 3 Transformations of Stewardship in the Anthropocene-Christoph Baumgartner