Bonhoeffer God's Conspirator in a State of Exception /

• Main Author: Brown, Petra (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Theology.; World War, 1939-1945.; Ethics.; Christian Theology.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; Moral Philosophy.

Theologian. Conspirator. Martyr. Saint. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was killed in the waning days of World War II, having been implicated in the July 20th assassination attempt on Hitler. Since his death, Bonhoeffer's life and writings have inspired contradictory responses. He is often seen as a model...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The martyrdom of 'saint' Bonhoeffer
• Chapter 2 Bonhoeffer: All American hero?
• Chapter 3: Pacifism: The 'extraordinary' Sermon on the Mount
• Chapter 4 Bonhoeffer's turn to conspiracy: the 'extraordinary situation'
• Ch. 5 Political Theology and the State of Exception
• Ch.6 The Extraordinary situation and the State of Exception
• Chapter 7 The Obedient Existential Disciple
• Chapter 8 The limits of the extraordinary situation?
• Chapter 9: Bonhoeffer in a Crisis-World
• Chapter 10 Conclusion: Bonhoeffer the conspirator: a dangerous heroism?.