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[German Version] is derived etymologically from Latin contextere (“weave/twine together”) or contextus (“connection”). In general, context means the environment in which something belongs or can be placed. More precisely, context means connections that are constitutive for the understanding of something. Linguistically one may distinguish between intratextual context as the parts of a text with which one part is directly connected (also called “cotext”) and extratextual c…

[German Version] I. Fundamental Theology – II. Ethics and Practical Theology I. Fundamental Theology “Contextuality” denotes a set of circumstances that became a theological issue in the wake of contextual theology, though it is of fundamental relevance to any theology. The concept arose from the fact that Christian theology is not only shaped by the biblical text but also by its own distinct context. This context, furthermore, does not simply consist of other texts in the litera…

[German Version] I. Fundamental Theology – II. Dogmatics – III. Practical Theology I. Fundamental Theology While for E. Troeltsch correlation (interaction with the context, from Lat. conferre) was only a criterion for a theology reflecting its historicality and cultural location, the systematic theologian P. Tillich introduced correlation, with a broader resonance, to the 20th-century debate as a designation for his methodological program in his Systematic Theology. He demonstrated this by an ellipse with two foci, situation and Christian message, which are to be …