Finkenwalde - an experiment to restore a failing ecclesiology?
This paper considers Dietrich Bonhoeffer's understanding of the theological dimension of the concept of Christian community and in particular his conviction that believers must avoid the confusion that follows when community romanticism' (Gemeinschaftsromantik) is equated with the communi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-220 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945
/ Church
/ Community
/ Jesus Christus
/ Mediator
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBF Christology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Living space
B Confession B Bonhoeffer B Finkenwalde B church-community B Mediator |
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| Summary: | This paper considers Dietrich Bonhoeffer's understanding of the theological dimension of the concept of Christian community and in particular his conviction that believers must avoid the confusion that follows when community romanticism' (Gemeinschaftsromantik) is equated with the community of saints (Gemeinschaft der Heiligen). Bonhoeffer insisted that the task of building Christian community was one of crafting a space in which Jesus stands between believers, protecting them from the damage of sheerly human immediacy'.1 Without Jesus' mediating presence he believed, everything could go badly wrong. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930616000065 |