Critical Issues for Public Theology
- Moral and ethical decadence
- Conflicting religions
- Spread of unsound doctrines
- Racial/ethnic prejudices
- Sectarian/subculture tensions
- Clashing of cultures
- Industrial greed
- Conflicting nations
- Immigration complexities
- Technical hazards
- International terrorism
- Violence and criminal behavior
- Sexual abuse and confusion
- Dysfunctions in education
- Entrapment of poverty
- Arbitrary judicial justice
- Healthcare crisis
- The AIDS pandemic
- Natural disasters
- Drug abuse culture
- Wasted lives incarcerated and imprisoned
- Divided churches and religions
- Lack of vision and knowledge
- Gross ignorance of Biblical truth
- Corrosion of Biblical values
- Lack of Christian theological knowledge
- Limited American democratic accommodations and tolerance