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The polity of Christ : studies on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Chalcedonian Christology and ethics / Ulrik Nissen.

By: Series: T & T Clark enquiries in theological ethicsPublisher: London, UK : T & T Clark, 2020Description: x, 167 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780567691590
  • 0567691594
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Contents:
Introducing Christian ethics between universality and specificity -- The simultaneity of divinity and humanity in Luther's social ethics -- The Chalcedonian Christology in Bonhoeffer's ethics -- The Christological shaping of central concepts in Bonhoeffer's ethics -- Bonhoeffer's social ethics between universality and specificity -- Political thought in the polity of Christ -- Living in the saeculum and bearing witness to Christ -- Conclusion.
Summary: Ulrik Nissen addresses the difficulty that contemporary theology faces in trying to find a way to maintain both all the shared goods we cherish as political beings, and the call for Christians to be a particular people in the world and bear witness to Christ. Nissen stresses that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological ethics allows for a polemical unity between the reality of the world and the reality of God, reconciled in the reality of Christ. Based on a series of case studies that provide a point of departure for a robust reshaping of Christian humanism and responsibility, Nissen reads Bonhoeffer's ethics in the light of both his Lutheran heritage and contemporary challenges, highlighting the importance of his thought for political theology. By demonstrating the significant influence of Lutheran and Chalcedonian Christology in contemporary ethics, Nissen provides a robust argument for a love of the common reality we share as human beings, and a call for Christians to bear witness to Christ in the public world.
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Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BT28.B71 NIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42343540

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-162) and index.

Introducing Christian ethics between universality and specificity -- The simultaneity of divinity and humanity in Luther's social ethics -- The Chalcedonian Christology in Bonhoeffer's ethics -- The Christological shaping of central concepts in Bonhoeffer's ethics -- Bonhoeffer's social ethics between universality and specificity -- Political thought in the polity of Christ -- Living in the saeculum and bearing witness to Christ -- Conclusion.

Ulrik Nissen addresses the difficulty that contemporary theology faces in trying to find a way to maintain both all the shared goods we cherish as political beings, and the call for Christians to be a particular people in the world and bear witness to Christ. Nissen stresses that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological ethics allows for a polemical unity between the reality of the world and the reality of God, reconciled in the reality of Christ. Based on a series of case studies that provide a point of departure for a robust reshaping of Christian humanism and responsibility, Nissen reads Bonhoeffer's ethics in the light of both his Lutheran heritage and contemporary challenges, highlighting the importance of his thought for political theology. By demonstrating the significant influence of Lutheran and Chalcedonian Christology in contemporary ethics, Nissen provides a robust argument for a love of the common reality we share as human beings, and a call for Christians to bear witness to Christ in the public world.

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