Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Promise of His Theology / Edition 1

by Charles Marsh, Marsh

Overview

In this book, Marsh offers a new way of reading the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian theologian who was executed for his role in the resistance against Hitler and the Nazis. Focusing on Bonhoeffer's substantial philosophical interests, Marsh examines his work in the context of the German philosophical tradition, from Kant through Hegel to Heidegger. Marsh argues that Bonhoeffer's description of human identity offers a compelling alternative to post-Kantian conceptions of selfhood. In addition, he shows that Bonhoeffer, while working within the boundaries of Barth's theology, provides both a critique and redescription of the tradition of transcendental subjectivity. This fresh look at Bonhoeffer's thought will provoke much discussion in the theological academy and the church, as well as in broader forums of intellectual life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195111446
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/05/1996
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Loyola College in Maryland

Table of Contents

I	The Context of Reclamation
1	Barth and Bonhoeffer on the Worldliness of Revelation	3
	The Biographical Context	3
	Theological Analysis	7
2	Karl Barth on Philosophy	35
	Worldliness and Philosophy	35
	Barth's ad hoc Reflections on the Meaning and Use of Philosophy	36
	Benign Neglect	51
3	Bonhoeffer's Christological Redescription of Philosophy	55
	The Problem of System	55
	Theology's Internal Correlation	59
II	Life Together
4	Christ Between Totality and Otherness: Bonhoeffer's Earliest Theology	67
	Ethical Relation and the Place of the Other	68
	Alterity and Community	71
5	Christ as the Mediation of the Other	81
	Hegel on Spirit in Community	83
	"Christ Existing as Community,"	88
	Community, World, and Obedience	101
	Subjectivity as Servanthood	108
6	On Heidegger and Life with Others	111
	Self and World in Being and Time	112
	Bonhoeffer and Heidegger Against the Self-Reflective Subject	117
	The Problem of Potentiality in Theology	120
	The Continuity of Community	125
	Being-in Christ	127
	Resistance	133
III	The Self for Others
7	The Overabundant I	137
	Christological Relation	139
	Scharlemann's Acoluthetic Reason	144
	Being There for Others: Trinitarian Self-Becoming	150
	Notes	159
	Index	191

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a theological sensation....At the end of the 20th century, I consider it to be an exciting event. Nobody who attempts to define Bonhoeffer's legacy today will be able to ignore Marsh's book."—Eberhard Bethge, friend and biographer of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"A careful and detailed reading of everything Bonhoeffer wrote. His theological analysis of these writings, few published in his lifetime, is meticulous....Beautifully written....The whole book is well documented throughout and the notes are full and helpful."—Theology

"Excellent....It is a scholarly, although accessible work....The achievement of this book is impressive and amply delivers on its stated goal of ‘Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer'. I hope that it will renew interest in Bonhoeffer's theology and become a sure guide for those eager to make their way into the complexities of his thought."—Reviews in Religion and Theology

"Charles Marsh has done an uncommon thing: he has written an original book on Bonhoeffer."—The Expository Times

"...Marsh's book is excellent....I recommend this book to anyone concerned with theology and the renewal of the church. His book is...innovative...and should not be missed."—Journal of the NABPR

"In this book the author has done something unique..."—The Princeton Seminary Bulletin

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