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The article dealt with the moral and political problem of international food justice in which the deep contradiction between the present situation of malnourishment and starvation in large parts of the global population on the one hand and the biblical notion of the preferential option for the poor on the other hand was described. This ecumenically widely accepted notion was clarified in several aspects. How deeply this is rooted in the history of Christian social thought was shown by Martin Luther's writings on the economy which have remained relatively unknown in the churches and in the scholarly world. The article then presented three models of Christian economic ethic: the technical economic model, the utopian economic model and the public theological economic model. On the basis of the public theological model seven challenges for international food justice were presented. The basis for these challenges is an understanding of globalisation which guarantees just participation for everyone and deals with nature in an ecologically sustainable way. The interests of small farmers are the basis for judging the activities of big agro-corporations. Public theology is the background for an active involvement of the churches as agents of a global civil society to promote international food justice. ; http://www.ve.org.za ; am2013 ; mn2013

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

Blick ins BuchWelche und wie viele Flüchtlinge sollen wir aufnehmen? Über diese Frage wird eine überhitzte öffentliche Debatte geführt. Im Kern geht es um Interessenkonflikte zwischen Schutzsuchenden und Bevölkerungsgruppen in den Aufnahmeländern. In diesem Buch werden die konkurrierenden Ansprüche auf ihre moralische Stichhaltigkeit hin geprüft – und Lösungen vorgeschlagen.Diskutiert wird die Frage, ob und wie wir Fluchtmöglichkeiten begrenzen dürfen – und ob es wirksame und moralisch akzeptable Alternativen zur Flüchtlingsaufnahme gibt. Schutzsuchende, deren Menschenrechte gefährdet sind, müssen wir aufnehmen. Jedenfalls solange dadurch unsere Fähigkeit nicht gefährdet wird, auch zukünftig wirksam für den Schutz der Menschenrechte einzutreten. Moralisch unabdingbar ist die Öffnung legaler und sicherer Zugangswege nach Europa und Nordamerika, damit Schutzsuchende ihre Rechte überhaupt geltend machen können. 1989 ist der Eiserne Vorhang zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa gefallen – gegen alle Erwartungen. Könnte das auch für die europäischen und nordamerikanischen Außengrenzen ein attraktives und erreichbares Ziel sein: Abrüstung und Durchlässigkeit statt Militarisierung und Abschottung?

This collection of essays brings to the surface vital dimensions in the in the engagement between religion and ecology. The authors are aware of both the political urgency, but also the need to delve into a variety of diverse traditions in order to resource such a task, namely, what might religious traditions contribute to ecological debates? A core issue addressed here is how contemporary theology might become public theology, one that is deeply relevant to the particular problems and issues of today. This then raises important theoretical questions about how theology might engage with politi