Bonhoeffer the Preacher

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
David J. Lose
Keyword(s):  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
Living Body ◽  
Confessing Church ◽  
The World

In addition to being a noted systematic theologian, ethicist, and leader of the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was also a preacher. In fact, at the centre of all his theological work stands his unfaltering conviction that the preached Word is the primary expression of the Gospel and the place where contemporary believers encounter their living Lord. Bonhoeffer’s homiletic revolves around the preacher’s role of listening attentively to the witness of Scripture in order to accompany the living Word into the congregation so it may meet people where they are, sustain them in their present circumstances, and form them into the living Body of Christ in order to respond to the current needs of the world.

scholarly journals Die karakter van die kerk in perspektief van huidige teologiese besinning

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
P. C. Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Community Of Faith ◽  
Ecclesiastical Law ◽  
The World ◽  
Theological Thought ◽  
The Church ◽  
Apostolic Community

The character of the church - a perspective on current theological thought The role of the church in society is currently much focused upon in theological thought. The author analyses various characteristics of the church with reference to views of well known theologians. As community of faith it is the body of Christ revealed very visibly in the world representing the kingdom of God. For that very reason the idea of a national church is unacceptable. The church is one, catholic and apostolic community, even particularly in its visible form. Though Scripture gives no clear guidelines on the structure of the church, there are many general biblical norms to be considered in ecclesiastical law and government.

Challenging Role of the Body of Christ in the Body of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-425
Author(s):  
George Thomas Kuzhippallil
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
The World ◽  
Organic Body ◽  
Unwritten Law

With its multifaceted nature, India stands unique among nations in the world. Indian cultures accept and amalgamate differences, paradoxes, and contradictions in their own way. Based on the unwritten law of Dharma and the concept of collective whole, the fundamentalist groups project India as an organic Body. Even though Christianity works since the apostolic age, it struggles to influence the majority of Indian population and suffers threat, violence, and persecution at present. The Body of Christ must redefine its role in the Body of India.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–45)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Loup Seban
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Christian Belief ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Confessing Church ◽  
Imitation Of Christ ◽  
The World ◽  
Religionless Christianity

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a twentieth-century Lutheran theologian who associated Christian belief and political action in an exemplary fashion. His part in the struggle of the Confessing Church and of the German resistance against the National-Socialist dictatorship cost him his life. Christocentric and ecclesiocentric, he stressed personal and collective piety and revived the idea of the imitation of Christ; the concepts of obedience and of the suffering God are central to his view. His Ethik (1949) was widely influential; in it, he argued that Christians should not retreat from the world, but have a duty to act within it. His answer to the secularization of the modern world was a ‘religionless Christianity’, a communocentric, pietistic, personal discipline.

The Aryan clause, the Confessing Church, and the ecumenical movement: Barth and Bonhoeffer on natural theology, 1933–1935

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-280
Author(s):  
Jordan J. Ballor
Keyword(s):  
Natural Theology ◽  
Central Point ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
The Political ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
Ecumenical Movement ◽  
Confessing Church ◽  
Political Background ◽  
The Church

In this article I argue that the essential relationship between Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth stands in need of reassessment. This argument is based on a survey of literature dealing with Bonhoeffer and Barth in three basic areas between the critically important years of 1933 and 1935. These three areas come into sharp relief given the political background of the German Christian victory in the church elections of 1933. Their respective positions, both theological and political, on the Aryan clause differ greatly. For Bonhoeffer, the imposition of the Aryan clause on the German churches represented a clear status confessionis, and Bonhoeffer favoured a very public schism. For Barth, while the Aryan clause was certainly troublesome, it was deemed better to wait for a ‘more central’ point, namely, that of the question of natural theology. Barth's emphasis on the importance of the question of natural theology carries over in his position regarding the significance and role of both the Confessing Church and the ecumenical movement. We see that Bonhoeffer explicitly questions the validity of Barth's emphasis on natural theology with respect to the Confessing Church and to the ecumenical movement. While many scholars have argued for the basic agreement between Barth and Bonhoeffer, especially on the question of natural theology, a closer examination of the two in the period 1933–35 calls such conclusions into question.

scholarly journals Tinjauan Trilogi Kerukunan Umat Beragama Berdasarkan Perspektif Iman Kristen

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Yonatan Alex Arifianto ◽  
Joseph Christ Santo
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Harmonious Society ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Abstract: In Indonesia as a multicultural country, there is a diversity of beliefs. History proves that unhealthy exclusivism endangers pluralism. Differences in religious beliefs can become a potential for horizontal conflict if the state does not act to prevent this. In order to create a harmonious society, the government has launched the Religious Harmony Trilogy through the Regulation of the Minister of Religion and the Minister of Home Affairs. As citizens of Indonesia, Christians cannot neglect this harmony effort. This study aims to answer the problem of how the role of believers in social life in applying the Religious Harmony Trilogy based on the perspective of the Christian faith. This research uses descriptive analysis method through related literature. The results of this study indicate: first, Christianity teaches living in harmony among fellow Christians as members of the body of Christ. Second, Christianity teaches to be the light of the world and the salt of the world in the midst of people with different faiths, so that harmony can be created. Third, Christianity teaches submission to the government because the government is determined by God, thus creating harmony between Christians and the government.Abstrak: Di dalam negara Indonesia yang multikultural dijumpai adanya keberagaman keyakinan. Sejarah membuktikan bahwa eksklusivisme yang tidak sehat membahayakan kemajemukan. Perbedaan keyakinan agama bisa menjadi potensi konflik horizontal apabila negara tidak bertindak mencegah hal tersebut. Dalam rangka mewujudkan masyarakat yang harmonis, pemerintah telah mencanangkan Trilogi Kerukunan Umat Beragama melalui Peraturan Menteri Agama dan Menteri Dalam Negeri. Sebagai warga negara Indonesia, umat Kristen tidak bisa berlaku abai terhadap upaya kerukunan ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjawab permasalahan bagaimanakah peran orang percaya dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat dalam mengaplikasikan Trilogi Kerukunan Umat Beragama berdasarkan persepektif iman Kristen. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analisis melalui literatur terkait. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan: pertama, kekristenan mengajarkan hidup rukun di antara sesama umat Kristen sebagai anggota tubuh Kristus. Kedua, kekritenan mengajarkan untuk menjadi terang dunia dan garam dunia di tengah-tengah masyarakat dengan keyakinan iman yang berbeda, sehingga tercipta keharmonisan. Ketiga, kekristenan mengajarkan penundukan kepada pemerintah karena pemerintah ditetapkan oleh Allah, dengan demikian terwujud kerukunan antara umat Kristen dengan pemerintah.

scholarly journals The Church as Christ’s broken body responding to the emerging global challenges in a divided world

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick R. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Economic Landscape ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Missional Identity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

Public debate about the role of the church within society has gained momentum especially because the contemporary changing global political and economic landscape has resulted in deeply a divided world. People are asking questions about the missional identity and vocation of the church. If the church is the broken body of Christ in the world, what are the ways in which it is expressing that brokenness in practical ways? This vulnerable status necessitates modelling the politics of Jesus that risks putting up resistance against all threats that prevent people from experiencing fullness of life. The contemporary era of global governance is characterised by ‘moral lowlifes’ in political leadership that uses judicial and executive overreach to weaken democracy and empower the wealthy elites. Furthermore, the impact of technology and computation on shaping human relations has produced a consequential decline in human trust and relationships. Therefore, the missional agenda of the church as the broken body of Christ serving a divided world, calls for building life-affirming relationships that overcome dehumanising barriers.

The essence and causes of the spiritual and moral decline of mankind in the XX century

1998 ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
V. Tolkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Social Force ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Religion

One of the most important reasons for such a clearly distressed state of society was the decline of religion as a social force, the external manifestation of which is the weakening of religious institutions. "Religion," Baha'u'llah writes, "is the greatest of all means of establishing order in the world to the universal satisfaction of those who live in it." The weakening of the foundations of religion strengthened the ranks of ignoramuses, gave them impudence and arrogance. "I truly say that everything that belittles the supreme role of religion opens way for the revelry of maliciousness, inevitably leading to anarchy. " In another Tablet, He says: "Religion is a radiant light and an impregnable fortress that ensures the safety and well-being of the peoples of the world, for God-fearing induces man to adhere to the good and to reject all evil." Blink the light of religion, and chaos and distemper will set in, the radiance of justice, justice, tranquility and peace. "

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

External Factors of Big Business Transformation in Russia

2005 ◽  
pp. 72-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya. Pappe ◽  
Ya. Galukhina
Keyword(s):  
Financial Market ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Big Business ◽  
Business Transformation ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
The World ◽  
Principal Subject

The paper is devoted to the role of the global financial market in the development of Russian big business. It proves that terms and standards posed by this market as well as opportunities it offers determine major changes in Russian big business in the last three years. The article examines why Russian companies go abroad to attract capital and provides data, which indicate the scope of this phenomenon. It stresses the effects of Russian big business’s interaction with the world capital market, including the modification of the principal subject of Russian big business from integrated business groups to companies and the changes in companies’ behavior: they gradually move away from the so-called Russian specifics and adopt global standards.

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