Overview

Standing Under the Cross focuses on Bonhoeffer’s rich theological and ethical thinking. It places Bonhoeffer in conversation with a wide range of modern theologians, including Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig, Jürgen Moltmann, and James Cone. The book gives particular attention to hermeneutics, the body, and Bonhoeffer’s rich reflections on community and discipleship. Mawson attends to the complex ways in which these aspects of Bonhoeffer’s thinking work together, and shows how they can assist us in responding to some of the challenges confronting us today.

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Author:   Dr Michael Mawson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
ISBN:  

9780567709462

ISBN 10:   0567709469
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1 Studying Theology in a Time of Crisis: Bonhoefferian Insights for Theological Thinking Today Part I: The Forms of the Word Chapter 2 'As a Whole and in its Parts': Bonhoeffer's Approach to Scripture Chapter 3: Living in the Forms of the Word: Bonhoeffer and Franz Rozenweig on the Apocalyptic Materiality of Scripture Chapter 4 The Weakness of the Word and the Reality of God: Bonhoeffer's Grammar of Worldly Living Chapter 5 Lutheran or Lutherish? Engaging Michael DeJonge on Bonhoeffer's Reception of Luther Part II: The Vulnerabilities of Bodily Life Chapter 6 Creatures Coram Deo: Bonhoeffer, Disability and Theological Anthropology Chapter 7 Encountering Grace After the Fall: Bonhoeffer’s 'Natural Life' as a Response to Gerald McKenny on Biotechnology Chapter 8 Should We Live Forever? Reflections on Life Extension Technologies with Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth Part III: The Politics of the Cross Chapter 9 'Only Suffering God can Help': Bonhoeffer and Jürgen Moltmann on Divine Passibility Chapter 10 The Spirit and the Community: Pneumatology and Ecclesiology in Robert Jenson, Reinhard Hütter and Bonhoeffer Chapter 11 The Politics of Jesus and the Ethics of Christ: On Why Bonhoeffer is not an Anabaptist Chapter 12 The Stumbling Block and the Lynching Tree: Reading Bonhoeffer's 'Lectures on Christology' with James Cone Bibliography Index

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In Dietrich Bonhoeffer studies it is common to use the expression, ‘Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer’. This selection of essays by one of the field’s leading scholars is a study in the meaning of that phrase. The range of topics and scholars that Mawson engages here demonstrates dexterity with Bonhoeffer’s thought allows for a very rich and constructive engagement with him. * Reggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA * Mawson’s Standing under the Cross presents a collection of excellent essays on Bonhoeffer’s theology that vividly reminds us that doing theology in our trying times means living the truth in love, with courage and joy. Through a passionate, creative, and scholarly conversation with Bonhoeffer, these essays open fresh perspectives on themes such as reading and embodying Scripture, vulnerable bodily life and grace, and community and cruciform living. Highly recommended! * Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch University, South Africa * Mawson has journeyed with Bonhoeffer for two decades, across continents, through his academic career and lifelong ministry. This latest work demonstrates his long-term scholarship on Bonhoeffer and his critics, including contemporary works that engage important issues with which good theology must wrestle. As Mawson demonstrates, Bonhoeffer provides a hermeneutical key to do so. This important book deserves the wide readership it will attract largely because of Mawson’s attentive scholarship and his clear and accessible writing. * Dianne Rayson, Pacific Theological College, Fiji *

Author Information

Michael Mawson is Pakeha theologian and the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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