Theology Between God and the Excluded

3 credits · Graduate School

Four major turns have shaped theology since the beginnings of modern theology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the turns to the self, the divine Other, the texts of the church, and to other people. This course provides a critical and constructive engagement of these turns in light of the location between God and the increasing numbers of persons excluded from the resources of life, in which religious communities find themselves today. Here, theology becomes a matter of life and death. What contributions can theological discourses make to support life? What are the potential pitfalls and challenges? What are the options for the future of theology and religion more broadly conceived? The goal is to explore and develop constructive theological paradigms and liberative practices that emerge in the creative tensions of various theologies and the multiple pressures of life. [3] Mr. Rieger.