Who am I? : Bonhoeffer's theology through his poetry / edited by Bernd Wannenwetsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wannenwetsch, Bernd, 1959-

Series:

T & T Clark theology.

T & T Clark theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian poetry, German--History and criticism.

Christian poetry, German.

Theology, Doctrinal, in literature.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945--Criticism and interpretation.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612868603

9781282868601

1282868608

9780567522917

0567522911

OCLC:

676699901