Bonhoeffer and the Voice of the Other: Critical Essays on Bonhoeffer's Theology in a World of Struggle

by Anthony G. Reddie (Editor), Jennifer McBride (Editor), Alison Walker (Editor), Michael Mawson (Editor), Tim Judson (Editor)

Overview

This wide-ranging book examines Bonhoeffer through the prism of problems facing the modern world.

Our digital and globalised era has facilitated multiple and instantaneous connections between individuals and communities. Yet rather than drawing us closer together, the rise of political extremism and mental health conditions in the Western world suggests that many people are becoming increasingly isolated and disenfranchised, unable to listen and understand one another in genuine, mutual freedom. These basic aspects of human life, which are necessary for everyone's flourishing, indicate part of what is crucial for Christians who seek to live “for others” today, as God in Christ is “for us”.

Tackling these issues are essays by contributors who have an established academic career, as well as others who offer creative insights to the Bonhoeffer guild, which would benefit from these fresh voices, lest Bonhoeffer's legacy is turned in on itself, when like the church, it should exist “for others”.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567717252
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/23/2026
Series:	T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anthony G. Reddie is Professor of Black Theology and Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture at the University of Oxford, UK.He is also Extraordinary Professor of Theological Ethics and Research Fellow with the University of South Africa.

Jennifer McBride is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at McCormick School of Theology, USA.

Alison Walker is Lead Tutor for Ludlow for Cuddesdon Gloucester & Hereford (CGH), a training pathway of Ripon College Cuddeson, UK. She is also Associate Faculty member of Trinity College, Bristol.

Michael Mawson is Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Tim Judson is Lecturer in Ministerial Formation at the University of Oxford, UK.

Philip G. Ziegler is Chair in Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Christological Confrontation: Why Christ “for others” must be Christ “for everyone” (Tim Judson, Regent's Park, Oxford)

Part I: The Challenge of Bonhoeffer
1. Bonhoeffer and the Art of Struggle (Matthew Kirkpatrick, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK)
2. Contextualising a theologian: Situating Bonhoeffer in Time and Place (Eleanor McLaughlin Ripon College, Cuddesdon, UK)
3. Views from Below: A Critical Analysis of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Theology of Suffering (Christopher Whyte, University of St Andrews, UK)
4. A Womanist engagement with Bonhoeffer in the context of South Africa (Fundiswa Kobo, University of South Africa)
5. Bonhoeffer Today: Telling, Teaching, Tending, Transforming and Treasuring his Legacy (Craig Gardiner, Cardiff University and South Wales Baptist College, UK)

Part II: The Voice of the Other
6. In the Wake: Reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the Door of No Return (Reggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, USA)
7. Bonhoeffer and James H. Cone (Josiah Ulysses Young, Wesley theological seminary Washington D.C., USA)
8. The Beauty of Icons: Redeeming our Gaze of One Another (Alison Walker, Cuddesdon Gloucester & Hereford, UK)
9. Christ's Being as Gemeinde in a Necropolitical Reality (Samuel Murillo Torres, University of Aberdeen, UK)
10. The importance of Bonhoeffer to postcolonial contexts and public theology, particularly in a Brazilian, Latin American context (Carlos Caldas)

Part III: The World of Struggle
11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Extreme Right-Wing Conservative: Christian Ethical Perspectives on Anti-Communism in South Korea (Sunkyo Park, University of Manchester, UK)
12. Turning Points in Bonhoeffer's Ethics of Resistance (Matthew Puffer, Valparaiso University, USA)
13. Chinese Dissidents' Reading of Bonhoeffer in a “World Come of Age” (Jason Lam, Melbourne School of Theology / Australian College of Theology, Australia)
14. Preaching as Resistance: Conformation to Christ in Bonhoeffer's Homiletics (Lea Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany)
15. Sermons, Scripture and Struggling with Christ: Bonhoeffer and the Task of Preaching in Northern Ireland (Chris Wilson, University of Aberdeen, UK)

Conclusion
Cross-Examining Bonhoeffer: Appraising the Life and Legacy of a Faithful Yet Fallible Saint (Anthony G. Reddie, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK)