"What Kind of Public Theology?" – Second Seminar in the Series "Methodology of Public Theology in Times of War" with David Moe
December 3, 2026
The Eastern European Institute of Theology invites you to the second seminar in the series “Methodology of Public Theology in Times of War.” The series is aimed at developing a methodological framework for scholarly research that integrates theological reflection, ethical responsibility, and attentiveness to the lived experiences of beings affected by war.
The second seminar is titled "What Kind of Public Theology? Theological Reimagination and Hidden Resistance in Wartime Contexts." The speaker is David Thang Moe, an expert in public theology and a research fellow at Yale and Harvard Universities.
This lecture raises a fundamental question: Can public theology be equally applicable across all contexts?
Drawing on his lived experience of civil war, authoritarianism, and Buddhist nationalism, alongside his intellectual reflections on these realities, the speaker explores how public theology should be practiced and how Christians can bear witness to a prophetic faith through hidden forms of everyday resistance in the risky contexts of war, such as those of Ukraine and Myanmar.
David Thang Moe
David Thang Moe, Ph.D., is a Visiting Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Public Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA. He also holds teaching and research appointments at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and MIT. He is the author of Beyond the Academy: Lived Asian Public Theology of Religions (2024) and the forthcoming Beyond Buddhist Nationalism: Political Theology of Interreligious and Decentralized Resistance after the Coup (Oxford University Press). He also serves as a Book Review Editor of the International Journal of Public Theology. As a public theologian, his scholarship seeks to bridge the gap between the academy, church, public society, and state. His scholarly work and public commentary on religion, politics, and public theology have appeared in prominent media outlets, including Harvard Political Review, Yale Daily News, Foreign Policy, The Straits Times, Christianity Today and Voice of America (VOA).
The seminar will take place on December 3 at 4:00 pm Kyiv time (Zoom).
To participate in the seminar, please fill out the registration form. Immediately after registering, all participants will receive an automatic confirmation email with a link and instructions to join the event online via Zoom.
Ukrainian translation will be provided.
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