Luther, Bonhoeffer, and Public Ethics (eBook)

Re-Forming the Church of the Future

Michael P. DeJonge, Clifford J. Green (Herausgeber)

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2018
258 Seiten
Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-0346-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Prompted by the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, international scholars and practitioners from both church and state examine the legacy of Luther in the life, work, and reception of Bonhoeffer, asking how this contested tradition might guide the public role of the church in the future.

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Prompted by the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this book examines the legacy of Martin Luther in the life, work, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the most widely read modern Lutheran theologian. Framing the commemoration of the Reformation in conversation with Bonhoeffer's legacy places much more than Bonhoeffer's connection to Luther at stake. Given the fraught relationship of the Lutheran Bonhoeffer with the German Protestant Church under National Socialism, the question inevitably arises: "e;What happened to Luther's church in Germany?"e; This in turn prompts the question: "e;How did the Protestant tradition play out in public life in other nations?"e; And these historical issues in turn encourage reflection on a question that exercised both Luther and Bonhoeffer: "e;What will be the shape of the church in the future?"e; In these pages, an international group of scholars and practitioners from both church and state pursues these questions.

Autor

Michael P. DeJonge is professor and chair of religious studies at the University of South Florida.Clifford J. Green is Bonhoeffer Chair Scholar at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and project director of the Early Career German-American Bonhoeffer Research Network.

Inhalt

Introduction: Reformation: Grappling with a Contested LegacyMichael P. DeJonge and Clifford J. Green1. Fatal Coincidences in 1933: Nazism’s Triumph and Luther’s 450th BirthdayHartmut Lehmann2. Looking for Luther, 1933–1939Victoria J. Barnett3. Luther in Catholic Perspective across Five CenturiesEuan Cameron4. Justification, Ethics, and the “Other”: Paul, Luther, and Bonhoeffer in TrialogueBrigitte Kahl5. Radicalizing Reformation amid Today’s Crises, in the Spirit of BonhoefferKaren L. Bloomquist6. Worldly Worship: Reformation and Economic EthicsWolfgang Huber7. Reformation: Freeing the Church for Authentic Public WitnessHeinrich Bedford-Strohm8. Between Compromise and Radicalism: Luther’s Legacy in Bonhoeffer’s Political ThoughtMichael P. DeJonge9. Church, Racism and Resistance: Bonhoeffer and the Critical Dimension of Theological IntegrityAllen Aubrey Boesak10. “On the Way to Freedom Land”: Bonhoeffer and Three Bright Lights of the Civil Rights MovementJosiah U. Young III11. Veni, Creator Spiritus! An Ecological ReformationLarry Rasmussen12. Reformation through Repentance: The Church’s Public WitnessJennifer M. McBride13. Bonhoeffer and the Re-Forming Church in a Globalizing EraEsther D. Reed14. Bonhoeffer, Truth, Ethics, and PoliticsKevin Rudd, interviewed by Serene Jones

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2018
• Co-Autor: Victoria J. Barnett, Brigitte Kahl, Hartmut Lehmann, Jennifer M. McBride, Larry Rasmussen, Esther D. Reed, Kevin Rudd, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Karen L. Bloomquist, Allan Aubrey Boesak, Euan Cameron, Michael P. DeJonge, Clifford J. Green, Wolfgang Huber, Josiah U. Young III
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Church • Dietrich Bonhoeffer • Ecological Ethics • Martin Luther • Nazi Germany • public ethics • Race • Reformation • Religion and Politics • Theology
• ISBN-10: 1-9787-0346-5 / 1978703465
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9787-0346-9 / 9781978703469