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Critical Reflexions on ‘Deprivatization-thesis’ of Public Theology: Reestimating the Publicity of Privatization of Religion in a Post-secular Age

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2019, (45), pp.63-93
  • DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2019.45.03
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : October 27, 2019
  • Accepted : December 3, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

Yong Joo Lee 1

1숭실대학교

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ABSTRACT

Public theology calls for the transformation of public spheres such as politics, economy, and academic world as it criticizes the reality of theology and church that they have long focused merely on private faith, individual ethics or religious issues within church communities. In this sense, criticism to and overcoming of the ‘privatization’ of theology can be clarified as alpha and omega of public theology. The main theme of public theology will, in this paper, be conceptualized as ‘deprivatization-thesis’(Entprivatizierungsthese) of public theology. Although motives and contributions of public theology might experience much empathies and affirmations, its criticism on the privatization of religion lacks of elaborated analysis about the juridical meaning of religious neutrality of secular state which was founded in accordance with the political idea of liberal democracy during the period of modern secularization. This paper aims to expose the one-sidedness of deprivatization-thesis of public theology and to show the publicity of privatization of theology in contemporary context of post-secular age.

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