Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3Creation and Fall originated in lectures given by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932-33 during the demise of the Weimar Republic and the birth of the Third Reich. In the course of these events, Bonhoeffer called his students to focus their attention on the word of God the word of truth in a time of turmoil. |
Contents
| xiii | |
PREFACE | 17 |
INTRODUCTION | 19 |
THE BEGINNING | 23 |
THE IMAGE OF GOD ON EARTH | 58 |
BLESSING AND COMPLETION | 66 |
THE OTHER SIDE | 69 |
THE HUMAN BEING OF EARTH AND SPIRIT | 72 |
CURSE AND PROMISE | 129 |
THE MOTHER OF ALL THAT LIVES | 135 |
GODS NEW ACTION | 137 |
THE TREE OF LIFE | 139 |
CAIN | 143 |
EDITORS AFTERWORD TO THE GERMAN EDITION | 145 |
CHRONOLOGY OF CREATION AND FALL | 172 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 176 |
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH | 78 |
THE POWER OF THE OTHER | 92 |
THE PIOUS QUESTION | 101 |
SICUT DEUS | 109 |
THE FALL | 113 |
THE NEW THING | 119 |
THE FLIGHT | 125 |
2 Literature Consulted by the Editors | 181 |
3 Other Literature Related to Creation and Fall | 189 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3 Volume 3 of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works |
| Author | Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
| Editor | Douglas Stephen Bax |
| Publisher | Fortress Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 145140669X, 9781451406696 |
| Length | 207 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Ministry / Discipleship Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Spirituality |
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