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The Cambridge companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer / / edited by John W. de Gruchy [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
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1-139-81573-3 |
1-139-00032-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvi, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Cambridge companions to religion |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bonhoeffer's Germany: the political context / John A. Moses -- Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / F. Burton Nelson -- Formation of Bonhoeffer's theology / Martin Rumscheidt -- Bonhoeffer's literary legacy / Wayne Whitson Floyd -- Reception of Bonhoeffer's theology / John W. De Gruchy -- Human sociality and Christian community / Clifford Green -- 'Who is Jesus Christ, for us, today?' / Andreas Pangritz -- Ecumenical witness for peace / Keith Clements -- Costly discipleship / Haddon Willmer -- Church, state, and the 'Jewish question' / Ruth Zerner. |
Ethics of responsible action / Larry Rasmussen -- Christianity in a world come of age / Peter Selby -- Prayer and action for justice: Bonhoeffer's spirituality / Geffrey B. Kelly. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This Companion serves as a guide for readers wanting to explore the thought and legacy of the great German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45). The book shows why Bonhoeffer remains such an attractive figure to so many people of diverse backgrounds. Its chapters, written by authors from differing national, theological and church contexts, provide a helpful introduction to, and commentary on, Bonhoeffer's life, work and writing and so guide the reader along the complex paths of his thought. Experts set out comprehensively Bonhoeffer's political, social and cultural contexts, and offer biographical information which is indispensable for the understanding of his theology. Major themes arising from the theology, and different interpretations to it, lead the reader into a dialogue with this most influential of thinkers who |
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remains both fascinating and challenging. There is a chronology, a glossary and an index. |
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