Ulrich Duchrow

Dare We Speak of Hope?

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and mobilizing for people yearning for justice.”

Hermeneutical Theology and the Imperative of Public Ethics

Theology

“The voice of Chung has burst upon the theological landscape over the last decade in a series of publications that demand our attention for their theological breadth, interreligious engagement, and prophetic power." ― from the foreword of Craig L. Nessan "What a rich book built on in-depth studies of classical church fathers like Luther, Barth, and Bonhoeffer, of recent public and liberation theology, Bible research, and of other religions like Buddhism and Confucianism. It offers a new emancipatory, universal understanding of God's Trinitarian mission from the perspective of the other, particularly the victims of capitalism. It equips church and theology to be a blessing in a globalized world.”

Karl Barth

Theology

“Chung's lucid study of Karl Barth's theology displays and mobilizes the power of Barth's thinking and praxis for present-day socio-historical biblical exegesis, including ecumenical, intercultural, interreligious, and liberating theology and praxis.”

Luther and the Hungry Poor

History & Biography

“Samuel Torvend's Luther and the Hungry Poor is a very well documented, elegantly written, and comprehensive presentation of Luther's social thought in relation to biblical texts and realities. The beauty of it is that it is not just intellectual information, but embedded in Luther's understanding of the sacraments and his view of the social, economic, and political reality of his time. As a matter of fact, the book can be regarded as a guide of how to relate the authentic Luther to today's realities.”

Martin Luther and Buddhism

Theology

“The book on Martin Luther and Buddhism by Paul Chung is a fascinating attempt to develop an emancipation theology of religions in the Asian context of poverty and suffering as well as of religious plurality.”

Postcolonial Public Theology

Theology

“In the situation of imperial capitalism . . . much of what is sold as 'public theology' is a bourgeois attempt to undo liberation theology by co-opting it. However, Chung succeeds in saving the concept for emancipatory and justice purposes.”

Seeing-Remembering-Connecting

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Based on impressive experience worldwide Karen Bloomquist rereads the liberation theology triad 'see-judge-act' as 'seeing-remembering-connecting,' thus emphasizing the communio and alliance element of all three. Building on the anti-imperial subversive character of the prophets, Jesus, and Paul --and even on Luther's critique of early capitalism and on today's global ecumenical exposure of empire--she enters into conflict with the economic, political, and ideological powers dominating all aspects of life. Here you will find a vision of a church that joins the struggle for a new culture of life--ready to suffer the cross of empire.”