Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity in Its Christological Context

By Peter Hooton

The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer understood Western civilization to be "approaching a completely religionless age" to which Christians must respond and adapt. This book explores Bonhoeffer's own response to this challenge--his concept of a religionless Christianity--and its place in his broader theology. It does this, first, by situating the concept in a present-day Western socio-historical context. It then considers Bonhoeffer's understanding and critique of religion, before examining the religionless Christianity of his final months in the light of his earlier Christ-centred theology. The place of mystery, paradox, and wholeness in Bonhoeffer's thinking is also given careful attention, and non-religious interpretation is taken seriously as an ongoing task. The book aspires to present religionless Christianity as a lucid and persuasive contemporary theology; and does this always in the presence of the question which inspired Bonhoeffer's theological journey from its academic beginnings to its very deliberately lived end--the question "Who is Jesus Christ?"

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978709331
• ISBN13: 9781978709331
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Fortress Academic
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"