Bonhoeffer / Stephen Plant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plant, Stephen.

Series:

Outstanding Christian thinkers.

Outstanding Christian thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

One of the best known Christians of the twentieth century, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is admired as a theologian for his unparalleled independence of mind, creativity and brilliance by liberals and conservatives alike. His death at the hands of the Nazis is an e

Contents:

Contents; Editorial Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: 'a silence on the cross'; 2 A life in dark times; 3 Bonhoeffer's theological inheritance; 4 Self, community and revelation: building blocks of ethics; 5 The Fall: the origin of Christian ethics; 6 Following Christ; 7 The ethics of responsible action; 8 Ethics and the 'world come of age'; 9 'Are we still of any use?'; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-71031-1

9786612710315

1-4411-4416-1

OCLC:

654110524