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Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality
The classic study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's social thought, now expanded with never-before-published Bonhoeffer letters. Widely acclaimed as the best study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early social theology, Clifford Green's Bonhoeffer is here fully updated and expanded with new material not available anywhere else. Features of this new edition: A selection of important, newly discovered letters between Bonhoeffer and Paul Lehmann and between Lehmann and members of Bonhoeffer's family. An extensive chapter covering Bonhoeffer's Ethics. All citations updated to the new German and English editions of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works.
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Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality
The classic study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's social thought, now expanded with never-before-published Bonhoeffer letters. Widely acclaimed as the best study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early social theology, Clifford Green's Bonhoeffer is here fully updated and expanded with new material not available anywhere else. Features of this new edition: A selection of important, newly discovered letters between Bonhoeffer and Paul Lehmann and between Lehmann and members of Bonhoeffer's family. An extensive chapter covering Bonhoeffer's Ethics. All citations updated to the new German and English editions of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works.
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Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality

Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality

by Clifford J. Green
Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality

Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality

by Clifford J. Green

Overview

The classic study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's social thought, now expanded with never-before-published Bonhoeffer letters. Widely acclaimed as the best study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early social theology, Clifford Green's Bonhoeffer is here fully updated and expanded with new material not available anywhere else. Features of this new edition: A selection of important, newly discovered letters between Bonhoeffer and Paul Lehmann and between Lehmann and members of Bonhoeffer's family. An extensive chapter covering Bonhoeffer's Ethics. All citations updated to the new German and English editions of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802846327
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/22/2007
Edition description: REVISED
Pages: 412
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviationsix
Prefacexiii
Acknowledgmentsxvii
Chapter 1Interpreting Bonhoeffer's Theology1
A.The Rationale for a Study of Bonhoeffer's Early Theology4
B.Problems in Bonhoeffer Interpretation7
C.The Argument Ahead13
Chapter 2Human Sociality and the New Humanity of Christ: Sanctorum Communio19
A.Introduction to the Argument of Sanctorum Communio21
1.Sociality as the Context of Ecclesiology21
2.Theology, Social Philosophy and Sociology25
B.Theological Concepts Articulated as a Theology of Sociality28
1.'Person' as Relational and Corporate29
2.Creation: The 'Primal State'45
3.Sin: Adam and the 'Broken Community'48
4.Revelation: Christ and the New Humanity52
C.The Sociality of Christ and Humanity63
Chapter 3Christian Anthropology and Social Ontology in Act and Being67
A.The Subject of Act and Being: Theological Anthropology68
B.Philosophical Anthropology and the Soteriological Problem76
C.Christian Anthropology: A Social Ontology83
1.Revelation in Christ83
2.Humanity 'In Adam'90
3.Humanity 'In Christ'93
D.Bonhoeffer's Theological Situation, 1930-31100
Chapter 4From the Phraseological to the Real: 1932105
A.The Soteriological Problem: Human Power108
1.The Power of the Ego109
2.The Problem of Power in Society126
3.Power as a Soteriological Problem135
B.1932: Bonhoeffer's Personal Commitment140
C.Obedience as Liberation. Discipleship and the Autobiographical Dimension of its Theology150
1.Sociality and Discipleship154
2.The Autobiographical Dimension of the Theology158
3.Theological and Personal Problems in Discipleship170
D.Personal Discipleship: Its Influence on Bonhoeffer's Theological Development179
1.Bible and Church179
2.Christology and Anthropology181
Chapter 5Christ and Humanity in Bonhoeffer's Theology, 1932-33185
A.Christ and Creation186
1.The Christological Foundation of the Doctrine of Creation187
2.Imago Dei as analogia relationis: The Freedom of the Creator and the Creatures in Sociality190
3.The Freedom of Humanity as Geist and Natur197
4.Sin and Sociality: Fallen Relationships 'in Adam'200
5.Preservation Towards Christ203
B.Christ the Mediator: The 1933 Christology206
1.The Christological Question207
2.The Sociality of the Present Christ211
3.Christ the Mediator220
C.The Christology Lectures as the Culmination of Bonhoeffer's Early Theology234
1.Sociality234
2.The Anthropological Pattern of Christology237
3.Soteriology240
Chapter 6The Prison Letters and the Theology of Sociality247
A.The Theology of Religionless Christianity248
1.Mundigkeit: The New Anthropological Question248
2.The Critique of 'Religion'258
3.Religionless Christianity269
4.Religionless Christianity and the Theology of Sociality282
B.Bonhoeffer's Theology of Sociality285
1.Bonhoeffer and the Lutheran Tradition286
2.'Vivendo fit theologus'291
3.Theology and Sociality294
Chapter 7Bonhoeffer's Ethics-- a Coda301
A.Editions of Bonhoeffer's Ethics302
B.Christian ethics, coup d'etat, and tyrannicide304
C.Ethics for everyday life321
AppendixLetters: Dietrich Bonnhoeffer, Paul Lehmann, and Others, 1932-1949329
Select Bibliography365
Bibliography365
Primary Sources365
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works365
Other Editions and Translations of Bonhoeffer's Writings367
Secondary Literature368
Index of Names375
Index of Subjects379

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A very rich contribution…This book represents a genuine advance, a well–documented enrichment of our knowledge of the life and work of Bonhoeffer.

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