Dissenting Church

Chapter 1. Introduction.- I. Philosophical and theological foundations  of conflict, contestation, and community.- Chapter 2. Theological Perspectives of Conflict, Contestation and Community Formation from an Ecumenical Angle.- Chapter 3. A Radical Theology of Conflict and Contestation.- II. Conflict field: Liturgy.- Chapter 4. Catholic Liturgy Caught Between Polemics About Differences and Embracing Diversity.- Chapter 5. To Be Who We Are - A Dissenting Church: Two Proposals.- III. Conflict field: Canon Law.- Chapter 6. Dealing with Conflict and Dissent in the Roman Catholic Church.- Chapter 7. Dissent as Deviance: Sociological Observations on Structural Con icts in Church.- IV. Conflict field: Gender and Sexuality.- Chapter 8. Seeking allies within the institutional church: reflections from South Africa on partnership as means to unsettling deadlocked conflict?.- Chapter 9. Conflicting Masculinities in Christianity: Experiences and critical Reflections on Gender and Religion.-V. Conflict field: Race / Postcolonial Constellations.- Chapter 10. The Muslim Ban: The Racialization of Religion and Soteriological Privilege.- Chapter 11. The Secularism Paradox of Interreligious Relations and International Relations.- VI. Constructing a Theology / Ecclesiology of Dissent. Chapter 12. Love your enemy: theology, identity and antagonism.- Chapter 13. Disagreement and Religious Relevance.

Judith Gruber is an associate professor of systematic theology at KU Leuven, Belgium, and the director of KU Leuven's Centre for Liberation Theologies.Michael Schüßler is a professor of practical theology at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen since 2015.
Ryszard Bobrowicz is a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven and an affiliate researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. He serves as the theological advisor for the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe and collaborates with the Atlas of Religion or Belief Minority Rights.