Christ Existing as Community

Bonhoeffer's Ecclesiology

AvMichael Mawson,University of Aberdeen) Mawson, Michael (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

In Christ Existing as Community, Michael Mawson recovers and clarifies the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early and important work on ecclesiology, focusing especially on his doctoral dissertation Sanctorum Communio. Despite occasional pronouncements of the importance of this dissertation, it has still received only limited scholarly attention. Mawson demonstrates how Bonhoeffer draws upon and reworks social theory in order to develop an account of the church as a reality of God's revelation and a concrete human community. On this basis Mawson concludes that Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology has ongoing significance for contemporary debates in theology and Christian ethics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-17
Mått:145 x 223 x 19 mm
Vikt:406 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198826460

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Michael Mawson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

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This is a relatively small book that covers an impressive amount of detail. Rather than this resulting in a dense book, the clarity of the writing makes his argument, his descriptions of Bonhoeffer's concepts, and his agreement and disagreement with other scholars, unusually accessible. Anyone who reads, teaches, studies, or writes about Bonhoeffer would do well to read this book. It has been quite a while since I read the whole of Sanctorum Communio, but after reading Michael Mawson's book, I look forward to reading it again with far more understanding.

Innehållsförteckning

AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I1: Beyond Troeltsch and BarthPart II2: Theology and Social Theory3: The Christian Concept of Person4: Creation: Primal Sociality5: The Fall: The Sinful Collective PersonPart III6: Christ, Spirit, and Church7: The Concrete CommunityConclusionBibliography