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The OUP Handbook Interviews: Philip Ziegler and Michael Mawson on Bonhoeffer

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The Oxford University Press Handbooks are renowned as go-to volumes for students and scholars alike when embarking on research in new topics, or for seasoned scholars who want to know the essential bibliographies for any number of issues in biblical and religious studies.

The third interview in our series is with both the Rev’d Professor Philip Ziegler, Chair of Christian Dogmatics, School of Divinity, History & Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and Michael Mawson, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Ethics at the United Theological College and Charles Sturt University, co-editors of The Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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Bonhoeffer and COVID-19: “Life Together” in Isolation

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By Charles C. Helmer IV

How are we to think theologically about our present social isolation? How might our time apart sharpen our understanding of the church? My intention here is to reflect briefly upon three theological insights from Bonhoeffer’s Life Together that may serve to hearten us in our experience living apart. None of what follows is intended to minimize the challenges the church now faces. Rather, it is to be reminded that the church is an eschatological community, united with Christ and born of and empowered by the Spirit. It is a community whose existence transcends present, worldly circumstances and a community over which the gates of hell will not prevail (Mt. 16:18). This present article suggests how I think Dietrich might consider our present ecclesiological crisis.

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A Brief Sketch of the Life and Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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by Rick Wadholm Jr.

It is not often that any theologian’s story captures the imagination of the general public, but one striking exception is Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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Kevin O’Farrell on “What makes a good Biblical Scholar or Theologian?”

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A good theologian knows what they are doing and why they are doing it, asking the vocational questions of what it means to be a theologian and what it means to do their task well. A good theologian keeps these questions close at hand, since they clarify what it means to be a theologian in one’s own setting. [Read more…]

Conference alert: “Bonhoeffer’s Contemporary Voice” at Aberdeen

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Call to Papers for “Bonhoeffer’s Contemporary Voice: A Postgraduate Seminar on Dietrich Bonhoeffer” at the University of Aberdeen

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Why the Publication of Bonhoeffer’s Works in German and English is so Profound

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Editor’s note: Today we honor of the 73rd anniversary of the death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I asked my friend and Durham colleague, Jameson Ross, to write a short piece on the significance of the publication of the critical edition of Bonhoeffer’s Works in both German and English. The release of these dual sets is a monumental achievement, and every theologian (whether academic, pastor, or layperson) should seriously consider adding this comprehensive collection of Bonhoeffer’s writings to their Logos library and reading list. Jameson tells us why below. [Read more…]