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Prolepsis & Multicultural Education The E-journal (bilingual)

EISSN 3091-8502 Open Access

Who We Are

Our e-journal is recognized as a bilingual platform by the National Central Library System in South Korea, under the umbrella of UNESCO. It promotes public theology, comparative religion, and the dialogue between science and religion within multivariate frameworks, addressing issues such as civil society, democratic politics of recognition, common-good governance, and the integrity of the lifeworld. The publication spans a wide range of topics and socio-cultural experiences, exploring new avenues for future initiatives and proleptic ontology. We collaborate with scholars from German universities and academic institutions in East Asia and South Korea through our peer-reviewed journal, seeking to publish articles of scholarly excellence. Valuable contributions from global researchers highlight the influence of public theology, civil society, and authentic democracy focused on the common good, advocating for marginalized cultures. Furthermore, we emphasize the importance of multicultural education, the appropriate application of scientific reasoning, and its technoparadigms in fostering human dignity and preserving the ecological web of life across communities, religions, and countries.

Epistemic Stance

Proleptic meaning is framed narratively, embracing the dynamic relationship between the past and the present. It seeks conceptual clarity by emphasizing the significance of eschatology for the vivid present, offering a stance grounded in the lens of proleptic hope.

This proleptic epistemology engages in historical and sociological inquiry, particularly into the regime of effective history—a narrative often suppressed by dominant metanarratives. In doing so, it affirms the constructive dimension of public theology, especially as it intersects with postcolonial critiques and transformative implications.

Contributions

The Prolepsis Site welcomes submissions of essays that explore how eschatological thinking shapes ethical, cultural, and scientific understandings—particularly in addressing the politics of recognition within democratic and pluralistic societies.

Manuscript Length: 5,000–5,500 words (inclusive of notes and full bibliography)
Citation Style: Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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Editorial Team

• Editor-in-Chief: Paul Chung

• Senior Editor: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

• Senior Advisor: Ted Peters

• Assistant Editor: Nick Huseby

• Book Review Editor:
• https://youngsung.devmisc.com/forum-center/review/

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Contact

To submit a paper for review, please email your materials to the editorial team at:
📧 publitheology@gmail.com

Prolepsis & Multicultural Education 1:1

https://youngsung.devmisc.com/public_journals/public-theology-in-a-u-s-context/

https://youngsung.devmisc.com/ge-netics/theology-and-science-update-2025/

https://youngsung.devmisc.com/ge-netics/sociology-and-systems-biology/

Prolepsis & Multicultural Education 1:2

Volume 1, Issue 2 ( Fall 2025)

Editor’s Note

The Fall issue of Prolepsis Journal features an article by Professor Ted Peters from the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, titled Proleptic Public Theology. In this article, Ted Peters highlights the proleptic accent in public theology in terms of an underlying ontology. In other words, the power of being is granted to undertake co-creation through God’s future. “To be is to have a future.” This thesis implies that eschatology, creation, and redemption converge in God’s promised new creation—the new heavens and new earth. A vision of God’s new creation then structures proleptic ontology and prophetic ethics into provolutionary principles. These principles, often referred to as middle axioms, connect God’s ultimate promise with our penultimate responsibility here and now to establish a just, sustainable, participatory, and planetary society.

Ted Peters connects the concept of prolepsis from Pannenberg with Jürgen Moltmann’s idea of the Advent of God (Adventus), exploring the practice of public theology alongside a prophetic vision that anticipates the new heaven and new earth in our midst. He addresses these themes in relation to the natural sciences, ecology, and issues within the techno-paradigm, seeking ethical strategies for practical application.

Prof. Paul S. Chung from the Berkeley Forum Center clarifies the concept of prolepsis from a phenomenological perspective and links the eschatological dimension of Barth’s theology with prolepsis. In particular, Friedel Marquardt’s focus on the prophetic and apocalyptic dimensions of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection in the Gospels leads to the development of social transformation as a practical process within Barth’s eschatological framework. This discussion opens up a new genre of public theology in cultural narrative formation. The debate between Barth and Moltmann on eschatology is mediated through the lens of a critical theory of the lifeworld.

Forum Center researcher and assistant editor Nick Huseby reviews the debate between Ted Peters and Paul Chung, examining how phenomenological methodology is applied to biblical narratives and the concept of eschatology. Proleptic public theology shares many similarities with analogical public theology, which is rooted in the semantics of cultural narratives, paving the way for multicultural reality and cultural stratification within the public sphere.

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Volume 1 Issue 2

Volume 2 Issue 1 ( Spring 2026)

A Korean-English bilingual Journal:

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