Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King, a humble pastor from the periphery, made that historic speed, "I have a dream..." It stirred the conscience of the world and inspired hope for the marginalized all over the world. What Martin Luther king did was in effect a public theology in the context of racial discrimination and denial of civil rights to an already oppressed people.

Public theology offers an open forum to all those who, moved by their religious beliefs and convictions, wish to engage themselves for the liberation of the poor and the marginalized. For Christians, the vision of the Reign of God opens up a large horizon of public theology with immense possibility to dialogue and interact with different segments of the people on issues and questions that touch upon everyone - issues of human life and society, and issues of the world and of nature.