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Looking forward to seeing his best friend, bonhoeffer writes, "to meet again is a godthe book is probably most famous, and most important, for its idea of "religionless christianity"--an idea bonhoeffer did not live long enough fully to develop, but whose timeliness only increases as the lines between secular and ecclesial life bluroxfam bookshop preston letters and papers from prison is a collection of notes and correspondence covering the period from dietrich bonhoeffer's arrest in to his execution by the gestapo inotherwise in excellent condition" hardcover is a little worn where the book has slid in and out of the slipcase" the pleasures of letters and papers from prison, however are not all so profoundwe are moving towards a completely religionless time; people as they are now simply cannot be religious any morebonhoeffer's first mention of "religionless christianity" came in a letter in : what is bothering me incessantly is the question what christianity really is, or indeed who christ really is, for us todayoccasionally, bonhoeffer's letters burst into song--sometimes with actual musical notations, other times with unforgettable phrasesinscription in ink on half-title pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeven those who honestly describe themselves as "religious" do not in the least act up to it, and so they presumably mean something quite different by "religiousthe time when people could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or pious, is over, and so is the time of inwardness and conscience--and that means the time of religion in general
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Title: strange glory: a life of dietrich bonhoefferauthor(s): charles marshbinding: paperback
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Large softback book in as new conditionoxfam bookshop cardiff originally published in this is the fortress press edition of with additions and revisionsno marks or inscriptionssee the attached images see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the definitive biography of dietrich bonhoeffer, martyred by the gestapo in
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Bourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiqueoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoder
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Oxfam shop dumfries what is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? why is it that some people - like the undercover heroes working for soe in occupied france or the passengers of the united 93 flight on 9/11 - have the courage to dare? to answer these questions, gordon brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figuresand then there is the legacy of dame cicely saunders, who changed the way we care for the dying by founding and leading the hospice movementthese eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an inspirational courage that gordon brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraitsstarting with edith cavell, who nursed the wounded of world war i in belgium and helped allied soldiers escape back to england, he goes on to consider the protestant pastor dietrich bonhoeffer, who in returned to nazi germany from new york to lead the christian opposition against the nazi regime, and the wealthy businessman raoul wallenberg, who left neutral sweden in to go to budapest to try save the lives of hungarian jews telling the stories of america's civil rights leader martin luther king, robert kennedy - who, after his brother's assassination, remade himself as a politician of compassion - and nelson mandela, he considers great courage over a long period against daunting oddsall three paid the ultimate pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read more finally, he explores the life of aung san suu kyi, who for twenty years, much of that time under house arrest in rangoon, has led her country's democratic opposition to military dictatorship, and continues to do so today
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