Public theology: a proposal to speak theologically about social issues in the pluralist spanish society
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Public theology, Spain, social discourse
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This article would like to introduce a new element into the Spanish theological context interested in the social implications of theology: the philosophical trend denominated as public theology that developed in the U.S. in the 70’s. Our article presents, first of all, the origins and development of this philosophy, especially emphasizing the theological method elaborated by the theologian David Tracy and related to this philosophical trend. Secondly, the article suggests the conditions that would have to be taken into account in order to be able to develop a public theology in Spain, as well as the challenges involved in the current debate on social discourse in the Spanish Church.
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Villagran Medina, G. (2012). Public theology:: a proposal to speak theologically about social issues in the pluralist spanish society. Revista De Fomento Social, (268), 635–665. https://doi.org/10.32418/rfs.2012.268.1761
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COMISIÓN TEOLÓGICA INTERNACIONAL (2008), “En busca de una ética universal: Nueva perspectiva sobre la ley natural”, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20090520_legge–naturale_sp.html
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MILBANK, J. (2004), Teología y teoría social. Más allá de la razón secular, Barcelona, Herder.
MURRAY, J. C. (2005), We Hold These Truths: Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition, Walter J. Burghardt ed., Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield.
O’MALLEY, J. W. (2012), ¿Qué pasó en el Vaticano II?, Santander, Sal Terrae.
RAMADAN, T. (2004), Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity, Markfield, U.K., The Islamic Foundation.
ROUSSEAU, J. J. (2004), El contrato social, Madrid, Istmo.
SACHEDINA, A. (2001), The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism, New York, Oxford University Press.
SUÁREZ, F. (1979), De Iuramento Fidelitatis: Conciencia y Política. Madrid, CSIC.
THIEMANN, R. F. (1991), Constructing a Public Theology: The Church in a Pluralistic Culture, Louisville, Westminster/John Knox Press.
TILLICH, P. (1981), Teología sistemática, I. La razón y la revelación. El ser y Dios, Salamanca, Sígueme.
TRACY, D. (1981), The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism, New York, Crossroad.
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UNIÓN DE COMUNIDADES ISLÁMICAS DE ESPAÑA (2012), “Estudio demográfico de la población musulmana: Explotación estadística del censo de ciudadanos musulmanes en España referido a fecha 31/12/2010”, http://oban.multiplexor.es/ estademograf.pdf.
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VALADIER, P. (2007), Détresse du politique, force du religieux, Paris, Seuil.
WILFRED, F. (2010), Asian Public Theology: Critical Concerns in Challenging Times. Delhi: ISPCK.