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Description
If (systematic) theology is understood as reflection on faith and on questions of meaning and values in the light of the theological tradition, then theology has a relationship with current beliefs, lifeworlds and orientations. As simple as it sounds as difficult is it to determine how this relationship is concretely defined in contemporary systematic theology.
Internationally and in other disciplines of theology, the search for connections between the lifeworld and theological reflection has led to a variety of approaches: In approaches of “lived theology”, “ordinary theology”, “lived religion”, “public theology”, “narrative ethics”, “liberation theology”, “constructive theology” or even “pragmatist theology”, the focus is shifting to the contemporary lifeworld as the starting point and subject of theology – often opposed to “dogmatic theology” or “Systematic Theology” understood as a only theoretical endeavour concerned with dogma and tradition.
An international working group initiated by PD Dr. Frederike van Oorschot (FEST) and Dr. Lea Chilian (Zürich) brings together theologiand from these different strands to discuss the reference to the lifeworld in systematic theology. The aim is to specify the task, approach and contribution of systematic theological research in interdisciplinary discourse, the interplay of theological disciplines and within the broader empirical turn within the humanities and cultural sciences.
The working group, consisting of 20 theologians from Germany, Switzerland, USA, Peru, South Africa and Norway, was formed at an exploratory workshop in May 2023.
The working group is supported by the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie. As a working group of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie/Fachgruppe Systematische Theologie, the group is open to interested members of the WGTh.
If you are interested to participate, please contact PD Dr. Frederike van Oorschot (FEST).
For further information on the upcoming workshops, see: https://www.fest-heidelberg.de/forschung/religion-recht-kultur/projekte/detail/nachricht/id/54486-inductive-theology/?cb-id=215420
Internationally and in other disciplines of theology, the search for connections between the lifeworld and theological reflection has led to a variety of approaches: In approaches of “lived theology”, “ordinary theology”, “lived religion”, “public theology”, “narrative ethics”, “liberation theology”, “constructive theology” or even “pragmatist theology”, the focus is shifting to the contemporary lifeworld as the starting point and subject of theology – often opposed to “dogmatic theology” or “Systematic Theology” understood as a only theoretical endeavour concerned with dogma and tradition.
An international working group initiated by PD Dr. Frederike van Oorschot (FEST) and Dr. Lea Chilian (Zürich) brings together theologiand from these different strands to discuss the reference to the lifeworld in systematic theology. The aim is to specify the task, approach and contribution of systematic theological research in interdisciplinary discourse, the interplay of theological disciplines and within the broader empirical turn within the humanities and cultural sciences.
The working group, consisting of 20 theologians from Germany, Switzerland, USA, Peru, South Africa and Norway, was formed at an exploratory workshop in May 2023.
The working group is supported by the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie. As a working group of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie/Fachgruppe Systematische Theologie, the group is open to interested members of the WGTh.
If you are interested to participate, please contact PD Dr. Frederike van Oorschot (FEST).
For further information on the upcoming workshops, see: https://www.fest-heidelberg.de/forschung/religion-recht-kultur/projekte/detail/nachricht/id/54486-inductive-theology/?cb-id=215420
Key findings
The results of the explorative workshop are published as a topical issue of the journal Open Theology 2024.