Being Human, Becoming Human
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Social Thought
Published on 29. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
258 pages
978-0-227-68027-8 (ISBN)
Description
A critical analysis on some of the most significant writings of the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.His conviction that Christ died for a new humanity is at the core of his theological anthropology.
Reviews / Votes
"...It is a triumph of this collection that theological reflection and the concerns of social sciences and anthropology can be brought into fruitful dialogue..."Michael J Leyden, Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012.
"What does it mean to be human? to be a disciple? and to be part of the Church? Dietrich Bonhoeffer pondered these and similar questions. [...] Being Human, Becoming Human [...] looks at his theology in relation to social thought."
Church Times, 23 May 2014
" [...] aspects of Bonhoeffer's 'humanism' are sought to calibrate a theological compass for navigating poliyics, economics, ethics and the human sciences, making this collection of interest both to readers of Bonhoeffer, and more broadly."
M. J. Knight, The Expository Times, vol. 126 no. 6, March 2015
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-227-68027-8 (9780227680278)
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05/2012
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Persons
Jens Zimmermann holds a Canada Research Chair at Trinity Western University. He is author of Recovering Theological Hermeneutics (2004) and coauthor of The Passionate Intellect (2006). Brian Gregor holds a PhD in philosophy from Boston College. He is the author of several articles on philosophy of religion, ethics, and aesthetics, and the coeditor (with Jens Zimmermann) of Bonhoeffer and Continental Thought: Cruciform Philosophy (2009).
Content
List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Bonhoeffer's Humanism 1 Dietrich Bonhoeffer as Christian Humanist - John W. de Gruchy 2 Being Human, Becoming Human: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological Humanism - Jens Zimmermann 3 Bonhoeffer's Theology and Economic Humanism: An Exploration in Interdisciplinary Sociality - Peter Frick Part 2: Bonhoeffer on Sociality and the Church 4 Sociality, Discipleship, and Worldly Theology in Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism - Clifford J. Green 5 Community Turned Inside Out: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Concept of the Church and of Humanity Reconsidered - Kirsten Busch Nielsen 6 The Narrow Path: Sociality, Ecclesiology, and the Polyphony of Life in the Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Barry Harvey Part 3: Discipleship, Conformation, and Responsibility 7 The Christological Presuppositions of Discipleship - John H. Yoder 8 Following-After and Becoming Human: A Study of Bonhoeffer and Kierkegaard - Brian Gregor 9 Con-Formation with Jesus Christ: Bonhoeffer, Social Location, and Embodiment - Lisa E. Dahill 10 Responding to Human Reality: Responsibility and Responsiveness in Bonhoeffer's Ethics - Ulrik Becker Nissen Bibliography Index