Karl Barth in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Pangritz, Andreas

Theology

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

This important work explores the complex relationship between two of the twentieth century's most formidable Christian thinkers--Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Seizing on a much-discussed criticism that Bonhoeffer made of Barth's theology in his prison letters--that Barth was guilty of a "positivism of revelation"--Andreas Pangritz challenges scholars who have used this statement, despite being left undeveloped by Bonhoeffer, as a wedge to separate the two theologians. Through a careful study of Barth's and Bonhoeffer's works, of their correspondence, and of Barth's comments and revisions after Bonhoeffer's death, Pangritz clarifies the close yet sometimes strained relationship between Barth and Bonhoeffer and cautiously makes the case that Bonhoeffer's criticism has been overemphasized and did not mark a significant breach between the two great theologians. Much more than a study of a disputed discourse in historical theology, this engaging volume also raises concerns of continuing relevance regarding the role of theology in our secular society.

Religion & Spirituality

Wipf & Stock Publishers

Product Description This important work explores the complex relationship between two of the twentieth century’s most formidable Christian thinkers—Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Seizing on a much-discussed criticism that Bonhoeffer made of Barth’s theology in his prison letters—that Barth was guilty of a “positivism of revelation”—Andreas Pangritz challenges scholars who have used this statement, despite being left undeveloped by Bonhoeffer, as a wedge to separate the two theologians. Through a careful study of Barth’s and Bonhoeffer’s works, of their correspondence, and of Barth’s comments and revisions after Bonhoeffer’s death, Pangritz clarifies the close yet sometimes strained relationship between Barth and Bonhoeffer and cautiously makes the case that Bonhoeffer’s criticism has been overemphasized and did not mark a significant breach between the two great theologians. Much more than a study of a disputed discourse in historical theology, this engaging volume also raises concerns of continuing relevance regarding the role of theology in our secular society. About the Author Andreas Pangritz, editor, is Professor of Systematic (Protestant) Theology and Director of the Ecumenical Institute at the University of Bonn. He is author of Karl Barth in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2000).

Wipf and Stock

This fascinating book, which explores an intriguing idea formulated by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the very last months of his life, has up until now been available only to German readers. Since Polyphonie des Lebens first appeared twenty-five years ago, a whole new generation of scholars has come into contact, in English as well as in the original German, with the entire collection of his works, as well as with a huge body of Bonhoeffer studies that have provided an exhaustive assessment of the man and his theology. But now with this brand new English edition of a book that explores a neglected but significant aspect of his life, readers may be surprised to discover how Bonhoeffer’s interest in music influenced him—he seriously considered becoming a professional musician as a teenager, but chose the path of theology instead—and that not only did music provide him with a rich inner world of solace during his daily life while confined in Tegel Prison during 1943 and 1944, but music also lent him a remarkable metaphor for the fragmentary nature of life itself. In Polyphony of Life Andreas Pangritz explores Bonhoeffer’s musical development and its impact on his theology and so fills in an important gap in the record of Bonhoeffer’s life and thought.

The Polyphony of Life: Bonhoeffer's Theology of Music

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Music

Cascade Books

This fascinating book, which explores an intriguing idea formulated by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the very last months of his life, has up until now been available only to German readers. Since Polyphonie des Lebens first appeared twenty-five years ago, a whole new generation of scholars has come into contact, in English as well as in the original German, with the entire collection of his works, as well as with a huge body of Bonhoeffer studies that have provided an exhaustive assessment of the man and his theology. But now with this brand new English edition of a book that explores a neglected but significant aspect of his life, readers may be surprised to discover how Bonhoeffer's interest in music influenced him--he seriously considered becoming a professional musician as a teenager, but chose the path of theology instead--and that not only did music provide him with a rich inner world of solace during his daily life while confined in Tegel Prison during 1943 and 1944, but music also lent him a remarkable metaphor for the fragmentary nature of life itself. In Polyphony of Life Andreas Pangritz explores Bonhoeffer's musical development and its impact on his theology and so fills in an important gap in the record of Bonhoeffer's life and thought.

The Polyphony of Life

Martin Luthers Judenfeindschaft ist berüchtigt. Ihr Zusammenhang mit zentralen Themen seiner Theologie ist jedoch umstritten. Die Antisemitismusforschung wiederum hat sich bisher nur wenig für theologische Wurzeln der Judenfeindschaft interessiert. Die Untersuchung führt beide Perspektiven zusammen: Luthers Schrift «Von den Juden und ihren Lügen» (1543) wird nicht nur im Blick auf die darin zum Ausdruck kommende Judenfeindschaft analysiert, sondern auch auf ihren theologischen Gehalt hin befragt. Dadurch verschärft sich das Problem: Der Antisemitismus ist im Zentrum der Theologie des Reformators verankert, in der Christologie und in der Rechtfertigungslehre. Diese Erkenntnis führt zu einer Sicht auf Luthers Theologie, in der diese selbst zum Problem wird.

Theologie und Antisemitismus: Das Beispiel Martin Luthers (German Edition)

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Dietrich Bonhoeffers Forderung einer Arkandisziplin: Eine unerledigte Anfrage an Kirche und Theologie (Pahl-Rugenstein Hochschulschriften Gesellschafts- und Naturwissenschaften) (German Edition)

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