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Guest Editorial by Norbert Hintersteiner and Jan Hendrik Pranger Normal 0 21 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Within theological circles Robert J. Schreiter stands out for his extensive culture theory and theology engagement. Interestingly, therein, the area of cultural translation has not figured prominently in his scholarship, despite having enjoyed a certain pride of place at the times of his early career, both in mission studies and in cultural semiotics, his favorite theory of culture. What is suggested here then is to review the missional discourse of cross-cultural translation (Andrew Walls, Lamin Sanneh and Kwame Bediako), on the one hand, and its critiques from contextual theology (Stephan Bevans and Robert Schreiter) on the other, explaining his reservation. Additionally, the essay elaborates on translation in cultural semiotics (Yuri Lotman) and recent translation studies with its foundational as well as fluid concept of translation, not dissimilar to Schreiter's understanding of globalized culture, suggesting it as potential terrain for future theologies of crosscultural translation.

Tabula Gratulorum of the Schreiter “Schülerkreis“ honoring Schreiter's contribution to Intercultural Theology.

Acknowledgments Norbert HINTERSTEINER: Introduction Part I - Europe's God in a Globalizing World Peter BEYER: "God's in His Heaven ... Where He Belongs": Religions, Europe, and Monopolar Transcendence in Global Society Anne KULL: Speaking of God in the New World Order, Inc. John D'ARCY MAY: Europe's God: Liberator or Oppressor? The Postcolonial Mediation of Transcendence Jacques HAERS S.J.: Thinking about God from the Perspectives of Encounter and Community: A Challenge for European Theology in a Globalized World Hans-Joachim SANDER: From a European Subject to a Global Verb: God in Terms of Pastoral Relativity Part II - Geographies of God in Europe Francois BOUSQUET: Thirty-years' Worth of Studies and Publications on the Subject of God Andras MATE-TOTH: Thinking About God in Central Eastern Europe: Social Experiences and Theological Challenges Karel SKALICKY: Thinking About God Philosophically in Europe Today: A Czech Perspective Laszlo HOLLO: Thinking God in National and Religious Conflicts: The Case of Romania Peter STILWELL: God in Twentieth Century Portuguese Literature Part III - Musing on God in Europe Siegfried WIEDENHOFER: Thinking God Between Fundamentalism and Liberalism Maureen JUNKER-KENNY: Ethics, the Hermeneutics of Memory, and the Concept of God Amador VEGA ESQUERRA: Mystical and Aesthetic Experiences in Modernity Georgios D. MARTZELOS: Kataphasis and Apophasis in the Greek Orthodox Patristic Tradition Vincent HOLZER: Phenomenology and Theology: A Contemporary Exit Strategy from Metaphysics Georg ESSEN: Ethical Monotheism and Human Freedom: Theological Convergences with the Pluralism of the Modern Age Ioannis KOUREMBELES: Christian Monotheism: Exclusivity or Openness to Otherness? George De SCHRIJVER S.J.: Christian Faith in the Post-Modern Context. The Case of Gianni Vattimo Armin KREINER: Models of Divine Action in the World Tomasz WECLAWSKI: Thinking God in a Paschal Perspective Leonhard HELL: Communio - A Problematic Keyword of Contemporary God-talk Part IV - Europe's God in Global Dialogue Keith WARD: The Idea of God in Global Theology Josef WOHLMUTH: Twentieth-Century Jewish Thought as a Challenge to Christian Theology Ghasem KAKAIE: Ibn Arabi's God, Eckhart's God: Philosophers' God or Religion's God? Bettina BAUMER: Can the Hindu Experience of God Enrich the European Concept of God? Marcus SCHMUCKER: Thinking God in South India: The Theistic Vedanta of the Visistadvaita School Aasulv LANDE: Thinking and Naming the Ultimate in Buddhist Theology Norbert HINTERSTEINER: Intercultural and Interreligious (Un)Translatibility and the Comparative Theology Project Perry SCHMIDT-LEUKEL: Limits and Prospects of Comparative Theology Klaus von STOSCH: Comparative Theology as an Alternative to the Theology of Religions Robert CUMMINGS NEVILLE: The Role of Concepts of God in Crosscultural Comparative Theology List of Authors