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17 | LIMINA - Theological perspectives from Graz A programmatic overview* LIMINA Grazer theologische Perspektiven | 1:1, 2018, 17–21 | www.limina-graz.eu | DOI: 10.25364/17.1:2018.1.3 1. LIMINA: Thresholds What is the aim of a new theology journal in central Europe? The tradi- tional canon of theology, as well as topical issues of theological, church, or religious concern are already extensively covered. This journal pursues an entirely new positioning within the field. LIMINA dares to venture beyond traditional and conventional concepts of theology journals. It serves as a think tank and discussion forum at the threshold to new con- stellations between societies, cultures, churches, and religions. It is evident that such thresholds continue to emerge. Even more so, the virulent chang- es in modern constellations do not follow a consistent pattern anymore, they have become unpredictable. LIMINA positions itself at the thresholds where current shifts and fractures are most evident. The journal approach- es its subject with the awareness that there is no fixed viewpoint that allows for unimpeded observations across changing times and landscapes. LIMINA sets out to uncover thresholds – places – and thus new departure points for reflection. This positioning reflects a certain theological affinity: Theology has al- ways been a threshold discipline providing discourse for narratives, be- liefs, hopes and practices of groups and societies within the context of their immanent and transcendent reference points as an alternative position to reason and rationality. In turn, theology itself draws from all these points * Translation: Dagmar Astleitner MA PRISM Translations, London