The Cross of Reality
Luther's Theologia Crucis and Bonhoeffer's Christology
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Lutheran, Theology
| Author: | H. Gaylon Barker | ISBN: | 9781506400495 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press | Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | H. Gaylon Barker |
| ISBN: | 9781506400495 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press |
| Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Language: | English |
The Cross of Reality investigates Bonhoeffer’s interpretation and use of Luther’s theology in shaping his Christology. In this essay, H. Gaylon Barker uses the “theology of the cross” as a key to understanding the characteristic elements that make up Bonhoeffer’s theology; he also shows how Bonhoeffer’s conversation with his teachers and contemporaries, Karl Holl and Karl Barth in particular, develops. Bonhoeffer’s thought was indeedradical and revolutionary, but it was so precisely because of its adherence to the classical traditions of the church, especially Luther’s theologia crucis.
The Cross of Reality investigates Bonhoeffer’s interpretation and use of Luther’s theology in shaping his Christology. In this essay, H. Gaylon Barker uses the “theology of the cross” as a key to understanding the characteristic elements that make up Bonhoeffer’s theology; he also shows how Bonhoeffer’s conversation with his teachers and contemporaries, Karl Holl and Karl Barth in particular, develops. Bonhoeffer’s thought was indeedradical and revolutionary, but it was so precisely because of its adherence to the classical traditions of the church, especially Luther’s theologia crucis.
