Bonhoeffer and the Voice of the Other
Critical Essays on Bonhoeffer's Theology in a World of Struggle
Bonhoeffer and the Voice of the Other
Critical Essays on Bonhoeffer's Theology in a World of Struggle
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Description
This wide-ranging book examines Bonhoeffer through the prism of problems facing the modern world.
Our digital and globalised era has facilitated multiple and instantaneous connections between individuals and communities. Yet rather than drawing us closer together, the rise of political extremism and mental health conditions in the Western world suggests that many people are becoming increasingly isolated and disenfranchised, unable to listen and understand one another in genuine, mutual freedom. These basic aspects of human life, which are necessary for everyone's flourishing, indicate part of what is crucial for Christians who seek to live “for others” today, as God in Christ is “for us”.
Tackling these issues are essays by contributors who have an established academic career, as well as others who offer creative insights to the Bonhoeffer guild, which would benefit from these fresh voices, lest Bonhoeffer's legacy is turned in on itself, when like the church, it should exist “for others”.
Table of Contents
Christological Confrontation: Why Christ “for others” must be Christ “for everyone” (Tim Judson, Regent's Park, Oxford)
Part I: The Challenge of Bonhoeffer
1. Bonhoeffer and Communication: The Redemptive and Reconciling Power of Struggle (Matthew Kirkpatrick, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK)
2. Contextualising a Theologian: Situating Bonhoeffer in Time and Place (Eleanor McLaughlin Ripon College, Cuddesdon, UK)
3. Views from Below: An Assessment of Bonhoeffer's Horizon's Regarding Suffering (Christopher Whyte, University of St Andrews, UK)
4. A Long-Lost Letter for Twenty-First-Century Mission: Telling, Teaching, Transforming and Treasuring in Bonhoeffer's Legacy (Craig Gardiner, Cardiff University and South Wales Baptist College, UK)
5. The Problem of Christianity's Failure in Nazi Germany (Reggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, USA)
Part II: The Voice of the Other
6. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, James Cone and Black America (Josiah Ulysses Young, Wesley theological seminary Washington D.C., USA)
7. The Beauty of Icons: Redeeming our Gaze of One Another (Alison Walker, Cuddesdon Gloucester & Hereford, UK)
8. Bonhoeffer's Encounter with the Limits of Existence: A Biological Approach to Suffering (Samuel Murillo Torres, University of Aberdeen, UK)
9. The Importance of Bonhoeffer to Postcolonial Contexts and Public Theology, particularly in a Brazilian, Latin American Context (Carlos Caldas, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas, Brazil)
Part III: The World of Struggle
10. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology in Response to Far-Right Protestantism in South Korea (Sunkyo Park, University of Manchester, UK)
11. Chinese Dissidents' Reading of Bonhoeffer in a World Come of Age (Jason Lam, University of Oxford, UK)
12. Preaching as Resistance: Conformation to Christ in Bonhoeffer's Homiletics (Lea Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany)
13. Sermons, Scripture and Struggling with Christ: Bonhoeffer and the Task of Preaching in Northern Ireland (Chris Wilson, University of Aberdeen, UK)
Conclusion
Cross-Examining Bonhoeffer: Appraising the Life and Legacy of a Faithful Yet Fallible Saint (Anthony G. Reddie, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK)
Product details
| Published | 16 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 232 |
| ISBN | 9780567717269 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Series | T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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