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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Dietrich Bonhoeffer"”.
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Stellvertretung as Vicarious Suffering in Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… a consistent and central hermeneutic for Bonhoeffer. This thesis demonstrates that, in contrast to other translations, a more precise interpretation of Bonhoeffer’s use of Stellvertretung would be ‘vicarious suffering’. For Bonhoeffer Stellvertretung as ‘vicarious suffering’ illuminates …
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Imago Dei and the earthly life : the theological anthropology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
… identity. Through reading the early writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in historical context, this dissertation shows how he provides resources we need to think through an anthropology that properly attends to the vital role relations between the self, the neighbor, and creation play in our being …
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Solidarity and salvation : the relationship between personal transformation and community in Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… grounded in community existence and experience. Bonhoeffer's understanding and experience of community provide key insights into this dynamic relationship. The development of his theology, shaped by his experience of struggle and solidarity in Nazi Germany, can also provide valuable resources for …
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Looking at Illegal Immigration in the United States through the Lenses of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… to illegal immigration. Using the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the paper attempts to uncover approaches to tackle this issue from a state, church, and individual Christian perspective. Chapter 1 begins with an introduction to the paper as well as a case for the validity of nations and laws. …
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Understanding the world better than it understands itself : the theological hermeneutics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
This dissertation argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's work is best understood as a consistent project of theological hermeneutics with an ecclesial focus. The project examines Bonhoeffer's life and writings with the intention of demonstrating how theological hermeneutics is at the center of his …
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The Renunciation of God: Political Theology and Theological Resistance in Georges Bataille, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Simone Weil
… focusing on the works of Georges Bataille, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Simone Weil, to read this disparate constellation of writers as making up a loose theological movement, one that pushed for a resignification of theology’s central signs and whose importance has yet to be reckoned by …
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The Place of Theology in a World Come of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Paul Ramsey.
… two opposing voices in that debate: theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and ethicist Paul Ramsey. What follows is my attempt to examine, explain, and expound upon the philosophies of both men in an endeavor to more fully understand their perspectives and the implications each has for civilization and …
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The formation of the prisoner-theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer: a close reading of Letters and papers from prison, from April 5,1943 to July 20, 1944
This thesis seeks to take Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s prison experience seriously as a spiritually and theologically formative journey through liminal displacement. Using the anthropological theory of liminality as a lens for analysis, it offers a close reading of Bonhoeffer’s prison writings, examining …
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Christology from below : an examination of the black christology of Takatso Mofokeng in the context of the development of black theology in South Africa and in critical relation to the christological ethic of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… this work with the Christological assistance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The emergence of Black Theology in South Africa since the early 1970s is placed in the context of the black struggle for liberation and the philosophy of Black Consciousness. The result, theologically, is seen to be an …
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'A Deep and Imperturbable Joy': Saving Christianity from Postmodern Evangelical Heresy
… measured is the 'religionless Christianity' of Dietrich Bonhoeffer--the idea that Christianity is not a religious compartment of life but the whole being of man in relation to God. This concept is further supported by Orthodox liturgist Alexander Schmemann's discussion of Christianity as the …
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Faithful Reformation : the Importance of Apostolicity and Consensual Orthodoxy for Emerging Christian Expressions
… partners including Vincent of Lérins and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, using historical, theological, ethnographic and narrative inquiry and analysis methods. Our review of literature from EC authors provides insights into debates that led to fracturing of the EC movement and that offer challenges …
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Rhetoric of Reconciliation: Implications from Bonhoeffer's [Work] for a Communicative Praxis of Reconciliation Grounded in Christian Narrative
… inquire how the narrative faith perspective of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Bonhoeffer's notion of reconciliation, which is grounded in his theological and philosophical construction of the self, other, church and community, may inform reconciliation. Furthermore, this project will take into …
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The Other and the construction of cultural and Christian identity : the case of the Dutch Reformed Church in transition
… in particular, on the work of Mary Douglas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Natural Strange Beatitudes: Geoffrey Hill's The Orchards of Syon, Poetic Oxymoron and Post-Secular Poetics AND An Atheist's Prayer-Book
… as exemplified in the life and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the continuing secular vitality of the apostrophic lyric mode.
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From Response to Responsibility: A Study of the Other and Language in the Ethical Structure of Responsibility in the Writings of Bonhoetrer and Levinas
… of ethical responsibility in the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995). It argues that 'the other' and 'language' are both indispensable and correlative elements in the analysis of ethical responsibility presented by these two authors. Chapter one …
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Das Wort, das Gemeinde ruft : Japanische Übersetzung deutscher Homiletik
… diese Thema habe ich drei Theologen ausgewählt: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Rudolf Bohren und Christian Möller. Im Hauptteil der Arbeit erforschte ich Predigten und Predigttheorie dieser Theologen und machte klar, wie die Theorie und die Praxis gegeneinander wirken, und wie diese Theologen …
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The South African Council of Churches’ Contributions to Social Justice in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Church Praxis Model
According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the church is the voice of the voiceless and a social institution, or mater fidelium as Berkhof puts it. As such, the church takes a social position to combat social injustices. This study focuses on the South African Council of Churches' (SACC) contribution to …
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Art and Sabbath: A Christian Response to Arthur Schopenhauer's Palliative Aesthetic
… Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and C. S. Lewis. Moreover, the chapter examines several biblical passages that seem to affirm that the arts serve a rehabilitative function. Chapter 7 demonstrates how the arts can function in a manner consistent with a biblical …
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