Bonhoeffer and Christology

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Bonhoeffer and Christology

Revisiting Chalcedon

Christianity Christianity Theology

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Collection: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics

Language: English

Published by: T&T Clark

Published on: 18th May 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 296 pages

ISBN: 9780567708458


Key Question

The key question this volume addresses is “how does Bonhoeffer’s thought help to re(dis)cover the doctrine of Christ’s two natures and one person and understand and renew it in its significance for a modern post-metaphysical and secular world?”

Overview of the Volume

The volume takes a fresh look at Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christology and brings it into a fruitful dialogue with current Christological debates. In a multi-perspectival, pluralistic world, Bonhoeffer’s thinking offers a productive basis for conceptually incorporating the openness required for this task into academic theology. Bonhoeffer’s theology offers a starting point for the recovery of a productive Christology that reflects the plurality of the globalized world, as Bonhoeffer’s Christology begins precisely with this integration into worldly reality, whereby the world is understood in its plurality and polyphony.

Bonhoeffer’s Reflection

In this way, he characterizes his enterprise as follows: “What keeps gnawing at me is the question, what is Christianity, or who is Christ actually for us today” (DBWE 8, 362). Accordingly, it opens itself up not only to inner-Christian discussion but also to non-Christian worldviews, from which a basic ethical demand follows.

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