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Christine Schliesser

Theologian

Aug 31, 2026

13:34
important to get this clear then.
13:36
Yeah, yeah.
13:38
Because what I sometimes find, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is an understanding that political theology is now slowly replacing public theology.
13:53
So public theology is about to be retired and political theology is taking over.
13:59
While in our context, it's quite the opposite, actually, the opposite timeline.
14:06
Political theology was associated with figures like Jürgen Moltmann, for example, or Jean-Baptiste Metz, the 1970s, 80s, theology after Auschwitz.
14:23
And I think political theology was super important at that time because it made, again, clear that theology is not only speaking to theologians or to the church, but actually has clear, concrete impact on the political sphere.

10 MINS LATER

24:31
Can you talk a little bit about why?

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