Christ Existing As Community - Bonhoeffer''s Ecclesiology

In this work, 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.

List of contents

• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• Part I


• 1: Beyond Troeltsch and Barth


• Part II


• 2: Theology and Social Theory


• 3: The Christian Concept of Person


• 4: Creation: Primal Sociality


• 5: The Fall: The Sinful Collective Person


• Part III


• 6: Christ, Spirit, and Church


• 7: The Concrete Community


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

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

Summary

In this work, 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.

Additional text

This well-written book claims that Bonhoeffer's early academic work Sanctorum Communio should be read and taken seriously on its own terms. Bonhoeffer scholar Mawson draws the reader's attention to the inner fragmentation of the Church by taking up the dialectic in Sanctorum Communio, namely, that of creation, sin and reconciliation. This book is a must in the latest research on Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Mawson, Michael (Senior Lecturer in the Department Mawson, Michael (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies Mawson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780198826460
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882646-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches