Tag Archives: public square
Theologians and Religion Scholars in the Media? September 22 to September 29, 2017
In The New York Times, from Sept. 22 to Sept. 29, 2017. How many times have academic theologians and religion scholars been mentioned? Here goes: “The Dress: Honoring Tradition,” 9/27/17: Quotes Rabbi Daniel Nevins, dean of the Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. “Hugh Hefner, Who Built the Playboy Empire […]
Theologians and Religion Scholars in the Media? September 15 to September 22, 2017
In The New York Times, from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 2017. How many times have academic theologians and religion scholars been mentioned? Here goes: “Of God and War,” Sept. 22, 2017 (online, 9/24/17 in print): the theologians Sarah Sentinels and Gordon Kaufman “Merkel Stays Mum on Finance Ministry at Schaeuble’s Birthday Bash,” Sept. 18, […]
Theologians and ethicists in the public square: Is the Public Listening? Does the Public Care?
I recently participated in a seminar on Vatican Council II’s Gaudium et Spes. In the seminar, I was reacquainted with the Council’s claim that the Church (in this context, Catholicism) respects “the relative autonomy of the earthly affairs of the state” (paragraph 30). One implication of this position is that the Church’s public role takes […]
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Ethics, Interrupted 