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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785344703321

Autore

Lawrence Joel

Titolo

Bonhoeffer [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / Joel Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2010

ISBN

1-282-86800-4

9786612868009

0-567-14860-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Guides for the perplexed

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 (p. 123-131) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bonhoeffer : introducing his life and thinking -- 'Who is Jesus Christ for us today?' : the centrality of Christ in Bonhoeffer's theology -- 'The church is the church only when it exists for others' : Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology -- The world come of age : worldliness in Bonhoeffer -- Etsi deus non daretur : living without God before God -- Religionless Christianity -- The place of Bonhoeffer today -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

There is little doubt that the nature of Bonhoeffer's unfinished final theological ruminations have made him a thinker whose influence has grown as theologians and pastors have tried to make sense of Bonhoeffer's vision.   In writing a guide for the perplexed, the best way to approach his thought is to use the "perplexing" themes of the prison letters as guides for engaging Bonhoeffer's larger theological project.   In this guide, Lawrence uses five key themes from the prison letters as ways into the movements of Bonhoeffer's theology.   In doing so, he engages specifically with the difficult