Bonhoeffer : a guide for the perplexed / Joel Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Joel.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-131) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86800-4

9786612868009

0-567-14860-2

OCLC:

676695843