Cultural Studies

This textbook examines a dilemma that is likely well known to many in theology but has rarely been addressed: the issue of »normative judgments,« that is, the many argumentative assessments of what is to be evaluated positively or negatively in theological topics as well as in theological approaches.

All political action is influenced by political dreams and nightmares, by norms, beliefs and imaginations - in short, by something that transcends a given order. In continuation and critique of relevant debates, this volume's authors ask how references to transcendence contribute to the constitution, stabilization and transformation of political order.

In the present volume, the manifold practice of biblical exegesis is taken up methodically and transferred into an integrative overall model of textual interpretation. Students receive the fundamental “tools” for a scholarly, reflective treatment of New Testament texts and their receptions.

Digital Theology has developed into an independent transdisciplinary field of research. This study book serves as a travel guide that situates the selective German debates within the international discussion, relates the various fields of Digital Theology to one another, and places them in dialogue with other research debates.