Pacifism Just War and Tyrannicide

Release on 2012-03-02 | by David M. Gides

Bonhoeffer's Church-World Theology and His Changing Forms of Political Thinking and Involvement David M. Gides ... 235. reynolds, The Coherence of Life without God before God, 37. reynolds quotes from Green, Bonhoeffer: The Sociality ...

Author: David M. Gides
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 9781606087022
Category: Religion
Page: 422
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's perplexing and controversial shift from admitted pacifism to tyrannicide has been the source of scholarly and popular inspiration and criticism. How could an admitted Christian pacifist be involved in a plot to assassinate a political figure? Is there a way to understand and explain this phenomenon comprehensive enough to encompass all relevant data? One that takes into account the nuances of Bonhoeffer's theology and all of the elements of his complex historical and personal contexts? This study attempts to offer an explanation by linking Bonhoeffer's political thinking and action with his understanding of the church-world relationship and by evaluating the changes in that thought-action dyad as his life progressed. What emerges is a portrait of a bold and visionary thinker and political agent whose church-world theology, while discontinuous, is consistent enough to be authentic and yet flexible enough to meet the extraordinary challenges presented by Nazism and its intrusion into the churches. Gides suggests that it is actually Bonhoeffer's malleable church-world thinking that ultimately distinguishes him from his theological and ecclesial contemporaries and even from the mass of German church persons and citizenry; it allowed him to confront evil by reaching beyond the constraints of traditional Lutheran thinking.

Language: en
Pages: 352

Melodies of a New Monasticism

Authors: Craig Gardiner

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-09 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

The New Monastic Movement is a vibrant source of renewal for the church's life and mission. Many involved in this movement have quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer's conviction that the church must recover ancient spiritual disciplines if it is to effectively engage "the powers that be." Melodies of a New Monasticism adopts

Language: en
Pages: 284

Reading from the Underside of Selfhood

Authors: Lisa E. Dahill

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-01 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's example of self-sacrificing discipleship has for over fifty years inspired Christians around the world in both their resistance to evil and their devotion to Jesus Christ. Yet for some readers--particularly those who suffer trauma, abuse, and other forms of violence--Bonhoeffer's insistence on self-sacrifice, on becoming a person for

Language: en
Pages: 242

Emotion and Religion

Authors: John Corrigan, Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of History John Corrigan, Eric Crump, John M. Kloos, John Kloos

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

Charts for the first time the scholarship on religion and emotion, gathering 1,200 entries from scholarly literature in various fields.

Language: en
Pages: 422