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Luther, Bonhoeffer, and Public Ethics

Re-Forming the Church of the Future
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Prompted by the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this book examines the legacy of Martin Luther in the life, work, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the most widely read modern Lutheran theologian. Framing the commemoration of the Reformation in conversation with Bonhoeffer's legacy places much more than Bonhoeffer's connection to Luther at stake. Given the fraught relationship of the Lutheran Bonhoeffer with the German Protestant Church under National Socialism, the question inevitably arises: "What happened to Luther's church in Germany?" This in turn prompts the question: "How did the Protestant tradition play out in public life in other nations?" And these historical issues in turn encourage reflection on a question that exercised both Luther and Bonhoeffer: "What will be the shape of the church in the future?" In these pages, an international group of scholars and practitioners from both church and state pursues these questions.
Introduction: Reformation: Grappling with a Contested Legacy Michael P. DeJonge and Clifford J. Green 1. Fatal Coincidences in 1933: Nazism's Triumph and Luther's 450th Birthday Hartmut Lehmann 2. Looking for Luther, 1933-1939 Victoria J. Barnett 3. Luther in Catholic Perspective across Five Centuries Euan Cameron 4. Justification, Ethics, and the "Other": Paul, Luther, and Bonhoeffer in Trialogue Brigitte Kahl 5. Radicalizing Reformation amid Today's Crises, in the Spirit of Bonhoeffer Karen L. Bloomquist 6. Worldly Worship: Reformation and Economic Ethics Wolfgang Huber 7. Reformation: Freeing the Church for Authentic Public Witness Heinrich Bedford-Strohm 8. Between Compromise and Radicalism: Luther's Legacy in Bonhoeffer's Political Thought Michael P. DeJonge 9. Church, Racism and Resistance: Bonhoeffer and the Critical Dimension of Theological Integrity Allen Aubrey Boesak 10. "On the Way to Freedom Land": Bonhoeffer and Three Bright Lights of the Civil Rights Movement Josiah U. Young III 11. Veni, Creator Spiritus! An Ecological Reformation Larry Rasmussen 12. Reformation through Repentance: The Church's Public Witness Jennifer M. McBride 13. Bonhoeffer and the Re-Forming Church in a Globalizing Era Esther D. Reed 14. Bonhoeffer, Truth, Ethics, and Politics Kevin Rudd, interviewed by Serene Jones
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