Description
Book SynopsisThe Reformed tradition in the twenty-first century is increasingly diverse, dynamic, and deeply engaged in a wide variety of global and public issues, from the arts and business to immigration and race to poetry and politics. This book brings together the insights of a diverse group of leading Reformed thinkers--including Nicholas Wolterstorff, Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Ashford, John Witvliet, Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, and James K. A. Smith--to offer a contemporary vision of the depth and diversity of the Reformed faith and its global public impact.
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Toward a Reformed Public Theology
Matthew KaemingkPart 1: Public Culture
Immigration
1. Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: The Migratory Beginnings of Reformed Public Theology
Rubén Rosario RodríguezLanguage
2. Let Every Tongue Confess: Language Diversity and Reformed Public Theology
James EglintonDecolonialism
3. African Decolonization and Reformed Theology
Nico VorsterEuthanasia
4. The Dutch and Death: Pastoral Observations and Theological Reflections
Margriet van der Kooi and Cornelis van der KooiPluralism
5. Religious Pluralism in Indonesia: Reformed Reflections
N. Gray SutantoPart 2: Public Markets
Work
6. A Reformed Theology of Work in New York
Katherine Leary Alsdorf
Economics
7. Political Economy in Brazil: A Reformed Response
Lucas G. FreireLabor Rights
8. Workers' Rights in China: A Reformed Case for Labor Unions
Agnes ChiuPart 3: Public Justice
Ideologies
9. Modern Political Ideologies: A Reformed Alternative
Bruce Riley Ashford and Dennis Greeson
Populism
10. Power Politics in the Philippines: A Reformed Response to the Populism and Violence of Duterte
Romel Regalado BagaresActivism
11. Reflections from a Reformed Activist
Stephanie SummersPart 4: Public Aesthetics
Art
12. Japanese Aesthetics and Reformed Theology: Reflections on Rikyū, Kintsugi, and Endō
Makoto FujimuraPoetry
13. Poetry and the Reformed Tradition
James K. A. SmithFashion
14. Reformed Resources for Thinking about Fashion
Robert S. CovoloCities
15. Streets of Shalom: Reformed Reflections on Urban Design
Eric O. JacobsenPart 5: Public Academy
Campus
16. Engaging the Pluralist Campus: Reformed Resources
Bethany L. JenkinsResearch
17. A Reformed Understanding of Scholarship
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Race
18. Critical Race Theory, Campus Culture, and the Reformed Tradition
Jeff LiouPart 6: Public Worship
Communion
19. A Migrant at the Lord's Table: A Reformed Theology of Home
Alberto La Rosa RojasPrayer
20. Public Trauma and Public Prayer: Reformed Reflections on Intercession
John D. WitvlietBaptism
21. Sexism, Racism, and the Practice of Baptism in South Africa: A Reformed and Transformative Perspective
Nico KoopmanConfession
22. Confession: Practice for Civil Public Discourse
Kyle David BennettPiety
23. Piety and Public Life: The Public Imitation of Christ
Jessica JoustraIndex
