Later he came under the influ ence of karl barths theology which, though he never went to his lectures or studied under him, left its mark on bonhoeffers first book, sanctorum com munio. Harnack dismissed biblical miracles as fictitious and denied canonicity for the gospel of john. Book from the collections of university of michigan language english. They believed that through the centuries christianity had been perverted by hellenistic philosophy. Bonhoeffer was a on a rare occasion i get so involved in a book that it becomes real to me. Not to say that bonhoeffer didnt have his own opinions on matters, because he clearly was on his own a lot in that regard, but i dont believe bonhoeffer. The great influence in his thinking was the swiss theologian karl barth who developed what became known as neoorthodox theology. While a student in berlin in the early 1920s, bonhoeffer encountered barths writing.
Harnack soon formed a very high opinion of his character and abilities. In such seminal works as the history of dogma 188689 and the history of ancient christian literature 18931904, harnack sought to demonstrate that the relevance of christianity to a modern world lay not in theological. Jesus christ and the essence of christianity cwoznicki. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Harnack was one of the first modern historians of dogma and historians of theology and he called for eliminating all of what he described as the artificial structure around the christian truth claim and getting to the. Hermann cremer, 2 books alfred firmin loisy, 2 books e. Dietrich bonhoeffer wikipedia city vision university. Bonhoeffer was one of harnacks favourite students, and harnack was. This year brings the 65th anniversary of the nazi hanging of dietrich bonhoeffer for his attempt to overthrow adolf hitler, and that martyrdom is well knownbut metaxas illuminates, mile by mile, the road. Dietrich bonhoeffers reflections on american theology. While bonhoeffer did not agree with many of harnacks conclusions, he respected his serious scholarship. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. If theology is polluted at its source, havoc will invariably follow in the church and the academy.
Although subsequent scholarship has strongly challenged manyof his conclusions, the questions he raised remain central to muchtheological endeavor. Aug 21, 2009 yesterday, i finished reading bonhoeffer. Harnacks insights into the what of christianity from a scholarly, not a theological point of view from any denomination, surprises the reader with keen insights from that period. As adolf hitler and the nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the jews of europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the third reich from the inside.
World magazine our runnerup for book of the year is bonhoeffer. Rounding out this picture of bonhoeffers nascent theology are. Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy april 2010, thomas nelson, by eric metaxas. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In such seminal works as the history of dogma 188689 and the history of ancient christian literature 18931904, harnack sought to demonstrate that the relevance of christianity to a modern.
Government church or not, they were no longer church. Life together is a classic which contains bonhoeffers meditation on the nature of christian community. His writings on christianitys role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book the cost of discipleship has been described as a modern classic. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. In addition to his other siblings, dietrich had a twin sister, sabine bonhoeffer leibholz. Dietrich bonhoeffer reading room links to writings by and on bonhoeffer maintained by arnold neufeldtfast, tyndale seminary 8. Friedrich schleiermacher, the father of liberal theology, once served on the schools faculty. See robinson, beginnings of dialectical theology, 165187. He was involved in plots planned by members of the abwehr the german military intelligence office to assassinate adolf hitler. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Dietrich bonhoeffer february 4, 1906 april 9, 1945 was a german lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the german resistance movement against nazism, and a founding member of the confessing church. The hopeless and desperate people of germany were looking for a savior. Dietrich bonhoeffer boston collaborative encyclopedia of. I bought this book after having seen it mentioned in a biography of dietrich bonhoeffer. The bible, translated quite simply the ultimate book, narrates the most significant. Aug 29, 2011 bonhoeffer earned his doctorate at berlin university in 1927 when he was 21. Yesterday, i lost a friend who i wont meet until eternity. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This was quite informative and again interesting to understand how the german lutheran church is much more aligned with the state than anything we have in the us.
Far from being an evangelical, bonhoeffer was more liberal than barth. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. A large body of the book is dedicated to the mid 1930s where bonhoeffer is working to create a new church, the confessing church. True christianity the essence of christianity was found in the teachings of jesus, not. In may of 1924, bonhoeffer had just completed a year of theological studies at tubingen. His influential studies of early christianity and christian dogma called for a historicalcritical method, independent of metahistorical sources of. By his teenage years, his father, karl bonhoeffer, had become one of germanys most famous psychiatrists.
Harnack, at that time the director of the royal library in berlin, one of the founders of the. He describes bonhoeffer as existing between berlin and barth 1. In such seminal works as the history of dogma 188689. Prayerbook of the bible is a classic meditation on the importance of the psalms for christian prayer. After his mothers death in 1857, he became especially connected to his father, theodosius andreas harnack, who was a teacher of homiletics and church history at the lutheran university in dorpat a part of east prussia. Bonhoeffer was born on 4 february 1906 in breslau, germany into a large family. One of these was dietrich bonhoeffera pastor and author, known as much for such spiritual classics as the cost of discipleship. Harnack s insights into the what of christianity from a scholarly, not a theological point of view from any denomination, surprises the reader with keen insights from that period. Bonhoeffer earned his doctorate at berlin university in 1927 when he was 21.
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