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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785347203321

Titolo

Who am I? [[electronic resource] ] : Bonhoeffer's theology through his poetry / / edited by Bernd Wannenwetsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2009

ISBN

1-282-86860-8

9786612868603

0-567-52291-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark theology

Altri autori (Persone)

WannenwetschBernd <1959->

Disciplina

831/.912

Soggetti

Christian poetry, German - History and criticism

Theology, Doctrinal, in literature

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. [243]-250) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1. Introduction: Who is Dietrich Bonhoeffer for Us Today?; 2. 'Who Am I?': Human Identity and the Spiritual Disciplines in the Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer; 3. 'Past': Bonhoeffer's 'Past'; 4. 'Success and Failure': Public Disasters, Works of Love, and the Inwardness of Faithfulness; 5. 'By Powers of Good': Bonhoeffer's Last Poem: Texts and Contexts; 6. 'The Friend': Reflections on Friendship and Freedom; 7. 'Voices in the Night': Human Solidarity and Eschatological Hope

8. 'Stations on the Way to Freedom': The Presence of God - The Freedom of Disciples 9. 'Christians and Pagans': Towards a Trans-Religious Second Naïveté or How to Be a Christological Creature; 10. 'Jonah': Guilt and Promise; 11. 'The Death of Moses': Why Moses?; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has often been noted that poetry is a particularly suitable medium when it comes to understanding the connection between theology and biography. Needless to say that this is particularly exciting in the case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the Nazis. Although any one of his ten poems should be read within their respective historical and biographical context, they are also rounded, self-sufficient pieces of work that cannot be



'explained' by the biographical and theological prose that surrounds them. They rather serve as a sort of creative and perhaps