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Acting for Others

Trinitarian Communion and Christological Agency
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This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient. In this, Arendt's concept of action and her criticism of privatizing the public political space by viewing it as a family are engaged through Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology and political theology and Staniloae's triadology and theology of the world. The roots of the different views of Arendt and Bonhoeffer on family symbolism are traced to their distinct notions of acting. Human action becomes the central theme of the debate-particularly influenced by the Eastern Orthodox ecumenist Staniloae and his vision of the communal relationship and interactivity of human subjects, and their place in the world. Synthesizing Bonhoeffer and Staniloae, Christian calling is unfolded not only as acting for others, but also with others as Trinitarian participatory response-response to the words and deeds of the three divine Persons acting in communion. In being drawn into these unique relations, human beings are empowered for communal and common acting of equals participating in public-political issues.
Introduction1. The Church as Family in Arendt2. The Church as Patriarchal Family in Bonhoeffer3. Christian Acting in Bonhoeffer4. Christian Acting in Staniloae5. A Place of Acting: Arendt, Bonhoeffer, and Staniloae in ConversationConclusion: Christian Agency and Christian CommunityBibliographyIndex
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