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In this volume, an attempt is undertaken to highlight the genesis,
progress, and transformation of the Asian contextual theology of
minjung, introducing its historical point of departure, its
development, and its transformation in light of younger Korean and
Korean American scholars' endeavors. In this regard, the new Asian
contextual theology, which is emerging, strives to integrate both
minjung and the wisdom of World Religions into its own framework
and direction, assuming the character of a public theology and
remaining humble and open before God's mystery, while featuring its
association with minjung in a holistic way.
Postcolonial Public Theology is a tour de force, a study in
theological reflection in conversation with the most compelling
intellectual discourses of our time that offers prophetic challenge
to the hegemony of economic globalisation. While evolutionary
science searches for an ethically responsible practice of
rationality, and inter-religious engagement forces Christians to
grapple with the realities of cultural hybridity, Postcolonial
Public Theology makes the case for public theology to turn toward
postcolonial imagination, demonstrating a fresh rethinking of the
public and global issues that continue to emerge in the aftermath
of colonialism. Paul S. Chung provides students and scholars with a
fascinating framework for imagining a polycentric Christianity as
well as for discussing the continuing importance of Christian
theology in the public arena.
In his creative and original book, Paul S. Chung interprets Karl
Barth as a theologian of divine action. Chung appreciates Barth s
dogmatic theology as both contextual and irregular, and he
retrieves neglected aspects of Barth s thought. The book clarifies
Barth s early interest in social and political thought. It also
explores the political dimension in his later dogmatic writings,
particularly in relation to his theology of Israel and issues of
theologia naturalis and religious pluralism. Barth s theology can
only properly be understood through his social commitment, and
Chung, drawing together German and Anglo-Saxon theology shows how
Barth s political ideas relate to his theology. Chung portrays Karl
Barth as a radical theologian with a convincing aptitude. I
personally appreciate the kinship this independent reading has with
my own footsteps, identifying Barth as a resisting theologian.
Magisterial in scope and scrupulous in its investigation and
attribution of sources, "Church and Ethical Responsibility in the
Midst of World Economy" is a detailed examination of the history of
capitalism, its defenders and its critics, with the aim of
developing a theological critique of both the material and
spiritual failures of the modern global economy. Professor Chung
traces the development of capitalism from the sixteenth century
onwards, how it shaped and was shaped in turn by European
colonialism and Enlightment ideas of the Social Contract. He
examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Marxist critique of
industrial capitalism, and analyses the rise of globalism as a form
of economic imperialism underpinned by the ideology of
neoliberalism. Although Chung acknowledges the role played by the
Christian churches in promoting and defending the capitalist ethos,
he points to the existence of theologically-grounded alternative
visions of a fairer, more responsible world economy, and defends
the view that the promotion of economic justice is a key part of
the prophetic ministry of the Church. "Church and Ethical
Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy" will take its place
as an important document in the ongoing ecumenical debate over
economic justice, challenging those who are comfortably complacent
about our global economic system and unwilling to be disturbed.
Paul S. Chung is Associate Professor at Luther Seminary, St Paul,
Minnesota. His books related to a prophetic theology of God's
mission, transcultural hermeneutics, and justice in the public
sphere include "The Cave and the Butterfly" (2010) and "The
Hermeneutical Self and an Ethical Difference" (published by James
Clarke & Co, 2013), among others. "Chung creatively constructs
a usable theological tradition to challenge the assumption of the
economic status quo as our inevitable future, integrating
inter-religious and cross-disciplinary resources in the struggle.
How can the ecumenical church serve as leaven for imagining and
implementing alternatives to global business as usual?" Craig L.
Nessan, Academic Dean and Professor of Contextual Theology,
Wartburg Theological Seminary.
'Martin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering' carefully
traces the historical and theological context of Luther's
breakthrough in terms of articulating justi?cation and justice in
connection to the Word of God and divine suffering. Chung
critically and constructively engages in dialogue with Luther, and
with later interpreters of Luther such as Barth and Moltmann,
placing the Reformer in dialogue not only with Asian spirituality
and religions but also with an emerging global theology of
religions. "After reading, I decided to recommend all students and
anyone interested in theology in Europe, America, and Asia urgently
and repeatedly to read it." - Jurgen Moltmann, Professor Emeritus,
University of Tubingen, Germany "Dr. Chung is engaged in a deeply
theological re?ection about Buddhism and Protestantism. His work is
original and profound." - John B. Cobb Jr., Ingraham Professor
Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology "Of all the 'turns' in
Luther studies, the turn to Asia, so eloquently and powerfully
heralded by Paul Chung, might end up being the most signi?cant one
both ecumenically and theologically. As a scholar fully conversant
with both the best of Western and Asian traditions, Dr. Chung is
uniquely quali?ed to help us read not only in Buddhist context but
also in a wider contextual and global horizon. This is the
direction of international systematic-hermeneutical theology for
the third millennium " - Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Professor of
Systematic Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Docent of
Ecumenics, University of Helsinki "The book 'Martin Luther and
Buddhism' by Paul Chung is a fascinating attempt to develop an
emancipatory theology of religions in the Asian context of poverty
and suffering as well as of religious plurality." - Ulrich Duchrow,
Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Heidelberg
"Bringing together Luther's theology with Buddhist understanding as
embedded in Asian culture is a huge challenge. Dr. Chung takes on
this challenge with a far-ranging breadth of knowledge and creative
insight, especially for interfaith dialogue." - Karen L.
Bloomquist, Director, Theology and Studies, Lutheran World
Federation, and Adjunct Professor of Theological Ethics, Wartburg
Theological Seminary PAUL S. CHUNG is Assistant Professor of
Lutheran Witness and World Christianity at Wartburg Theological
Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
This book presents a heuristic and critical study of comparative
theology in engagement with phenomenological methodology and
sociological inquiry. It elucidates a postcolonial study of
religion in the context of multiple modernities.
"War and Social Welfare: Reconstruction after Conflict"
addresses the issues of rebuilding social assistance and pension
programs in the wake of war. Arguing that post-conflict
reconstruction missions need to pay greater attention to
comprehensive social policy formation, the book makes normative and
functional claims that social welfare programs articulate the core
aspects of citizenship. "War and Social Welfare "uses the case of
Kosovo to examine the interaction of international and local
political actors in their efforts to rebuild social assistance and
pension programs after the 1999 NATO airstrikes. Based extensive
field research, as well as the author's experience as a
humanitarian field officer in Kosovo in 1999 and 2000, "War and
Social Welfare "looks closely at the design and implementation of
social policy at both the national and local level.
This book deals with the aftermath of the enlightenment and its
legacy in the political, social, and racial context. It discusses
the incomplete project of modernity in terms of social contract
theory, racial justice issues, and political theology in the
postcolonial context. Hermeneutical realism and cultural linguistic
inquiry become substantial features in elaborating postcolonial
political theology and its ethical stance against the colonization
of lifeworld and its pathologies. A study of critical theory and
political theology is of a reconstructive character in seeking to
relocate critical theory and political ethics in the context of
alternative modernities at the level of postcolonial theory.
About the Contributor(s): Paul S. Chung is Associate Professor of
Mission and World Christianity at Luther Seminary, St. Paul,
Minnesota. He is the author of numberous books including of
Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology (2012) and Church and
Ethical Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy (2013).
Synopsis: Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology offers a
compelling case for the need to integrate God's mission and
missional church conversation with a public and post-colonial study
of World Christianity. Driven by a commitment to publicly engaged
theology that takes seriously the reality of Global Christianity,
Paul Chung presents a vital new model for understanding the mission
of God as a dynamic word-event. This is argued in conversation with
contemporary missional theology and analysis of the development of
Global Christianity, and as such brings important transcultural
issues to bear on contemporary American conversations about the
missional church. All of this serves to innovatively stimulate this
missional church conversation and more directly address the various
questions that arise in pursuing mission in a multiculuralized
American society. Endorsements: "Paul Chung proposes fresh ways to
envision the mission of the church within its global,
multi-cultural, and inter-religious contexts, and he does so with a
view to the future. Grounding his thinking in the biblical
narrative of God's salvific drama, Chung aligns missiology with
other theological disciplines, providing a breadth of
inter-disciplinary scholarship. He engages the contributions of
contemporary missiologists and listens to the voices of the global
church, past and present. All is brought together to advance our
thinking within the new contexts of global mission." -Arland J.
Hultgren First Theological Degrees Luther Seminary "In these
essays, a noted international theologian takes another creative and
constructive look at the concept of the missio Dei. He not only
reaffirms the importance of God's mission in the current fragmented
world but also revamps the concept in light of the latest
developments in post-colonial missiology and mission theology. Part
of this intriguing interdisciplinary conversation is the
reconsideration of the meaning and significance of the notion of
"missional church," a topic widely discussed not only in North
America but also elsewhere." -Veli-Matti Karkkainen Fuller
Theological Seminary and University of Helsinki, Finland
"Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology locates the
contemporary discussion of missional church in its fullest
eschatological horizon. Chung advocates for socially engaged
mission that attends to the emergence of world Christianity, the
imperative of public theology, and the call to serve God's diakonia
for the life of the world. Informed by mission history and recent
hermeneutical theory, this book deepens and broadens the study of
missiology to address the urgent issues of our time." -Craig L.
Nessan Wartburg Theological Seminary "For those seeking a
theologically-grounded understanding of mission that is equally as
concerned with effective practice, Paul Chung's presentation of
'Mission as Constructive Theology' is an impressive, expansive
integration of confessional theology and cultural analysis. Dr.
Chung argues that because of the embodied narrative of God in Jesus
Christ, anthropology is essential to the development of a faithful
and effective understanding and practice of mission. In Paul
Chung's innovative missiology, confessional commitments are
essential to a faithful understanding of mission; equally
essential, if mission is to be effective, is that these
confessional commitments be understood and interpreted through the
concreteness of each particular context so as to become the living
voice of God in each time and place." -Roland D. Martinson Luther
Seminary Author Biography: Paul S. Chung is an Associate Professor
of Mission and World Christianity at Luther Seminary. His books
related to constructive theology and missiological hermeneutic
include Martin Luther and Buddhism (Cascade, 2007) and The Cave and
The Butterfly (Cascade, 2010).
Description: Magisterial in scope and scrupulous in its
investigation and attribution of sources, Church and Ethical
Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy will take its place as
an important document that contributes much in terms of prophetic
praxis--it challenges those who are comfortably complacent and
unwilling to be disturbed. Endorsements: "This book is minjung
theology gone global It is wise, rich, complex, amazingly learned,
and passionate in its call for a prophetic Christian approach to
global economics."--Stephen Bevans, Professor of Mission and
Culture, Catholic Theological Union"Chung provides the reader not
only with an overview of Christian thought on capitalism, but also
with a lively explication of and conversation with more than a
century of secular political and economic perspectives on
capitalism. Helpfully, Chung also broadens the religious
contributions beyond Christianity, including Confucianism, Daoism,
and Buddhism in the conversation. Students of social ethics,
pastors, teachers, and laypeople will all benefit from this
informed and timely book."--Heidi Hadsel, President and Professor
of Social Ethics, Hartford Seminary"Chung creatively constructs a
usable theological tradition to challenge the assumption of the
economic status quo as our inevitable future, integrating
interreligious and cross-disciplinary resources in the struggle.
How can the ecumenical church serve as leaven for imagining and
implementing alternatives to global business as usual?"--Craig L.
Nessan, Academic Dean and Professor of Contextual Theology,
Wartburg Theological Seminary"In a situation characterized by
global crisis and increasing injustice of the world economy, Chung
analyzes the responsibility of the church in the development of
modern capitalism. At the same time he describes critical potential
within the biblical tradition to enable the church's protest
against an unjust world economy. The book represents an important
and well-informed contribution to a critique of global capitalism
from the perspective of postcolonial theology and economic
theory."--Andreas Pangritz, Professor of Systematic Theology and
Director of the Ecumenical Institute, University of Bonn,
Germany"Challenging shallow sloganeering and simplistic and
superficial analysis, Chung offers in this thoughtful and
thought-provoking work a serious and sustained investigation of the
underpinning and overarching economic structures that are an
indispensable part of the world in which we live, a world in which
we are constantly impacted by these realities. This is a work that
is addressed not only to those who are part of the institution that
is called the church, but to all those who are willing to pay heed
to, and be transformed by, a movement that was called into being by
one who paid with his life for his stance against greed, dominion,
and the lack of justice."--Rev. Dr. J. Jayakiran SebastianDean of
the Seminary and H. George Anderson Professor of Mission and
Cultures at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at PhiladelphiaAbout
the Contributor(s): Paul S. Chung is Associate Professor at Luther
Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. His books related to a prophetic
theology of God's mission, transcultural hermeneutics, and justice
in the public sphere include The Cave and the Butterfly (2010) and
Liberating Lutheran Theology (together with Ulrich Duchrow and
Craig L. Nessan, 2011), among others.
Christian Spirituality and Ethical Life offers a helpful study of
the place of the Spirit in John Calvin's theology. It also
discovers a notion of the spiritual life in connection with ethical
life. It thus overcomes the prevailing popular pictures about the
theology of John Calvin in several significant ways, providing a
refreshing alternative to the anemic spirituality so prevalent
today. It can be stated confidently that Calvin was a theologian of
the Holy Spirit in solidarity with the poor, standing in openness
to others.
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