| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) |
| Series |
T & T Clark theology |
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T & T Clark theology.
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| Contents |
Introduction : who is Dietrich Bonhoeffer for us today? / Bernd Wannenwetsch -- 'Who am I?' : human identity and the spiritual disciplines in the witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Michael Northcott -- 'Past' : Bonhoeffer's 'past' / Oliver O'Donovan -- 'Success and failure' : public disasters, works of love, and the inwardness of faithfulness / Brian Brock -- 'By powers of good' : Bonhoeffer's last poem : texts and contexts / Nancy Lukens and Renate Bethge -- 'The friend' : reflections on friendship and freedom / Stanley Hauerwas -- 'Voices in the night' : human solidarity and eschatological hope / Philip G. Ziegler -- 'Stations on the way to freedom' : the presence of God-the freedom of disciples / Hans G. Ulrich -- 'Christians and pagans' : towards a trans-religious second naïveté or how to be a christological creature / Bernd Wannenwetsch -- 'Jonah' : guilt and promise / Stephen Plant -- 'The death of Moses' : why Moses? / Craig J. Slane |
| Summary |
It has often been noted that poetry is a particularly suitable medium when it comes to understanding the connection between theology and biography. Needless to say that this is particularly exciting in the case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the Nazis. Although any one of his ten poems should be read within their respective historical and biographical context, they are also rounded, self-sufficient pieces of work that cannot be ''explained'' by the biographical and theological prose that surrounds them. They rather serve as a sort of creative and per |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 fast |
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. swd |
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Christian poetry, German -- History and criticism
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Theology, Doctrinal, in literature.
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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Christian poetry, German
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Theology, Doctrinal, in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wannenwetsch, Bernd, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780567522917 |
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0567522911 |
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9780567067838 |
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0567067831 |
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