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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784915203321

Autore

Plant Stephen

Titolo

Bonhoeffer [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Plant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2004

ISBN

1-282-71031-1

9786612710315

1-4411-4416-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Outstanding Christian thinkers

Disciplina

230/.044092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editorial Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: 'a silence on the cross'; 2 A life in dark times; 3 Bonhoeffer's theological inheritance; 4 Self, community and revelation: building blocks of ethics; 5 The Fall: the origin of Christian ethics; 6 Following Christ; 7 The ethics of responsible action; 8 Ethics and the 'world come of age'; 9 'Are we still of any use?'; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the best known Christians of the twentieth century, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is admired as a theologian for his unparalleled independence of mind, creativity and brilliance by liberals and conservatives alike. His death at the hands of the Nazis is an e