Bonhoeffer and South Africa and The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer and South Africa

Name: Bonhoeffer and South Africa
Price: 10.22 GBP
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Author: John W. de Gruchy
ISBN: 9780802800428

Theology in Dialogue

by John W. de Gruchy

Paperback
164 pages
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
14 x 21.6 x 1 cm

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In this stimulating book, John W. de Gruchy points out the relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's thought for the life of the church in South Africa, engaging in dialogue the theology of Bonhoeffer and the theology of South Africa. Both Bonhoeffer's theology and his life bore witness to the need for Christians to come face to face with the pressing political and social issues of the day. Bonhoeffer believed that to bear an authentic witness to Christ in certain settings was to go against the stream; the church in South Africa, says de Gruchy, faces the challenge to be just such a "troublesome witness." He finds in Bonhoeffer's theology direction and liberation for the oppressed