What Does Theology Do, Actually?: Observing Theology and the Transcultural [Paperback]

What Does Theology Do, Actually? Observing Theology and the Transcultural is to be the first in a series of 5 books, each presented under the same question - What Does Theology Do, Actually? , with vols. 2-5 focusing on one of the theological subdisciplines. This first volume proceeds from the observation of a need for a highly inflected trans-cultural , and not simply inter-cultural , set of perspectives in theological work and training. The revolution brought about across the humanities disciplines through globalization and the recognition of multiple modernities has introduced a diversity of overlapping cultural content and multiple cultural and religious belongings not only into academic work in the humanities and social sciences, but into the Christian churches as well.Sara Abdella-Kedir (M.A. in Analytic Theology; University of Aberdeen) teaches theology and theological ethics at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She studies theology and identity, with a particular interest in gender and nationalisms. She is currently working on a textbook for the Ethiopian context on ethnic diversity and moral responsibility. Elorm Nick Ahialey-Mawusi (M.A. in Ecumenical Studies; University of Bonn) pastors the Living Generation Church in Hamburg. He served as the assistant coordinator of African Theological Training in Germany at the Academy of Mission at the University of Hamburg from 2011-2015, and as the director of African-European Theological Institute in Europe (AETIE) from 2013-2015. He has collaborated actively with the World Council of Churches (WCC), All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Association of Protestant Churches in Germany (EMW), Evangelical Lutheran Mission, and others on matters related to ecumenical relations, mission and intercultural theologies. Publications in the fields of ecumenical dialogue and ecclesiology in the context of migration include: Reconciling the OddlÓ8