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| The Church “come of age”: An analysis of Bonhoeffer's “non-religious interpretation” for the religiously pluralistic world | ||
| 作者 | Kang, Sung-mo (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.62 n.2 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2001 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Fuller Theological Seminary |
| 系所名稱 | School of Theology |
| 指導教授 | Anderson, Ray S. |
| 畢業年度 | 2001 |
| 附註項 | 331p |
| 關鍵詞 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Bonhoeffer, Dietrich; Church; Religiously pluralistic; Nonreligious interpretation; Religionless Christianity |
| 摘要 | This dissertation attempts to find out the relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology in a religiously pluralistic world. The postmodern society is open to many religions including Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, folk-religions, and many different spiritual movements. Religious plurality and openness of the contemporary world are challenging the Church from the perspective of evangelism. How can the Church witness the gospel of Jesus Christ when the world no longer considers Christianity the supreme religion? Bonhoeffer understood that “the world come of age” had become religionless, and tried to answer the question, “Who is Christ for us today?” with “non-religious interpretation.” On the contrary to his worldview, this world seems to be religious more than ever. How, then, can his thesis still remain meaningful in the world of modernity and postmodernity with many religions? This paper answers those questions in three parts. The first part presents an overview of Bonhoeffer's theology mainly focusing on the concepts of “the world come of age,” “non-religious interpretation of the gospel and biblical concepts,” “the Church for others,” “secret or arcane discipline,” “worldly Christianity,” “holy worldliness,” “non-religious Christianity,” “religionless Christianity,” “ deus ex machina (God of the gaps),” and “etsi deus non daretur (even if there were no god).” The second part examines the characteristics of the modern and postmodern world based on the rejection of universal truth, the world without God or the death of God, relativism and the problem of hermeneutics, individualism and communalism, toleration of differences, and religious pluralism. The 21st century is in transition from a state of modernity to postmodernity. The third part applies Bonhoeffer's Outline for a Book to the present context. It defends the relevance of Bonhoeffer's theology to the world of postmodernity and of the Generation-X. It presents stocktaking of Christianity based on the adolescent nature of the Church. Its adolescence and immaturity should be overcome by “the Church come of age” where its adulthood and maturity are attained through the praxis of the Church as the community of life together in a communal structure. |
| ISBN | 0493123156; 9780493123158 |
| 點閱次數 | 721 |
| 建檔日期 | 2005.09.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.25 |
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