Discourse clarification is a central strategy in public theology when engaging with religious ideas or belief systems that exist in elective affinity with material interests and power relations across a broader social spectrum. It highlights the role of agency and the significance of its position within socio-cultural stratification. Public theology examines how religious discourse constructs and disseminates its vision of the world through immanent critique—challenging disgrace, marginalization, and systemic injustice—while advocating for emancipation from the “Babylonian captivity” of cultural sedimentation rooted in prejudice, obscurity, and domination.
Faith and Deification
Faith and Deification within a Comparative Framework: An East Asian Theological Contribution Paul S. Chung Distinguished Professor of Public Theology
Public Theology and the Crisis of American Democracy
Pacific Coast Theological Society, May 1, 2026 Public Theology and the Crisis of American Democracy Paul S. Chung Abstract. This