2026/4: Classics in Theology Today
Editorial
Part One: The Question of the Classics in Theology Today
The Doctrine of Loci Theologici as a Path to a Contemporary Understanding of Theological Classics
MARTIN KIRSCHNER
Discerning the “Classic” in David Tracy’s Theology
BARNABAS PALFREY
How the Post/Decolonial Rereads the Classics in Theology
JUDITH GRUBER
Do Classics Survive Paradigm Shifts? Postmodern Criticism and Radical Hermeneutics
LIEVEN BOEVE
Part Two: Different Canons of Classics
From “Classical” Theology to the Classics of African Theology: Some Figures in Ecclesiology
IGNACE NDONGALA
Theology in Asia: Whose Perspectives and to What End?
RUBEN C. MENDOZA
Biblical Ethos of Latin American Theology: Normativity of Territorial Conflicts for its Ecclesial Style
SANDRA ARENAS
Theological Classics in Contemporary Europe? Reflections on the Canon of Christian Theology
KURT APPEL
Part Three: Old and New Classics in Different Subdisciplines
The Bible as Theology’s Classic: From Ancient Schools to Modern Debates
VERONIKA BURZ-TROPPER
Measuring the Weight of History: Rethinking Classics in Fundamental Theology
STEPHAN VAN ERP
Sangam, Not Classic: Seven Texts in Post‑Vatican II Moral Theology
CATHLEEN KAVENY
Christian Mystical/Spiritual Classics Today: Some Critical Considerations
AMY MAXEY
Theological Forum
Realizing the Dreams of Our Ancestors: PACTPAN and the African Theological Journey
NNAEMEKA ALI, OMI
“Vatican II–Event and Mandate” as an Intercontinental and 142 Intercultural Project. A New Method of Theologizing
SHAJI GEORGE KOCHUTARA, CMI

