RT Article
T1 Marginalisation, Manchester and the Scope of Public Theology
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 17
IS 2
SP 20
OP 36
A1 Atherton, John
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2004
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1776580745
AB Reflections on contemporary national and global change, including its implications for marginalisation, are developed through an appreciation of Manchester as a fulcrum of such processes, and in critical conversation with Ronald Preston's social theology. The reflections also suggest key features of a contemporary public theology. These are elaborated in the second part of the article with references to an emerging substantive public theology agenda through reflections on a bias for inclusivity, the nature of the human, and the procedures for religious interventions in the public square. The article concludes with a brief consideration of Manchester's central role in developing such a public theology, and the latter's emerging character as promoting connections.
DO 10.1177/095394680401700210