Faith Active in Love is a perspective on Michael Welker's theology - a Biblisch-realistische Theologie from a perspective of the Spirit. Van der Westhuizen argues that it is a multisystemic theology that in multiple tensions and triplexes - held together by the resurrection and resonance, the pouring out and structured pluralism, the reign and emergence - in complex ways cultivates a hermeneutic for faith active in love, a hermeneutic for public theology.

This volume exhibits the engaging and challenging work of public and ecumenical theologian Piet Naude. The collection of 26 essays, written over three decades, constitutes an important contribution to public theology by critically and creatively evaluating diverse pathways through the landscape of Ecumenical, African and Reformed theologies.