The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant SaintStephen Haynes's provocative study articulates the many motives and agendas that readers and scholars have brought to their study of Bonhoeffer, making it difficult to assess objectively the relationship of his political and religious commitments, the real meaning of his theology, and his words and actions on behalf of Jews. Reading Haynes's book helps us learn not only what Bonhoeffer has to teach us but also what it is we most desire to learn. |
Contents
BEYOND THE HISTORICAL BONHOEFFER | 1 |
Explaining the Phenomenon | 5 |
Martyr or Theologian? | 7 |
Beyond the Historical Bonhoeffer | 9 |
WHO IS BONHOEFFER FOR US? | 11 |
THE RADICAL BONHOEFFER | 13 |
Emergence of the Radical Bonhoeffer | 15 |
Responses to the Radica Bonhoeffer | 20 |
THE UNIVERSAL BONHOEFFER | 99 |
Spiritual Mentor | 103 |
Soul Healer | 106 |
Model of Mature Faith | 108 |
Moral Leader | 110 |
Agent of Reconciliation | 111 |
Rescuer and Righteous Gentile | 114 |
Assessing the Universal Bonhoeffer | 120 |
The Radical Bonhoeffer1s Impressive Unity | 23 |
The Legacy of the Radical Bonhoeffer | 24 |
Assessing the Radical Bonhoeffer | 29 |
THE LIBERAL BONHOEFFER | 37 |
Bonhoeffer and the Churchs Public Vocation | 38 |
Bonhoeffer and Critical Patriotism | 40 |
Bonhoeffer and Christian Ecumenism | 45 |
Bonhoeffer and Liberation | 46 |
The Limits of the Libera Bonhoeffer | 56 |
Assessing the Liberal Bonhoeffer | 58 |
THE CONSERVATIVE BONHOEFFER | 65 |
A Chance Encounter | 67 |
Bonhoeffer1s Conservative Reception | 68 |
Themes in the Evangelical Portrait | 75 |
Drawing Lessons from Nazism | 80 |
Bonhoeffer Meets Christian Biography | 82 |
What about Letters and Papers from Prison? | 89 |
But Is He Really Evangelical? | 90 |
Assessing the Conservative Bonhoeffer | 93 |
INTERPRETING THE BONHOEFFER PHENOMENON | 125 |
HE FUNCTION AND FORM OF CHRISTIAN HAGIOGRAPHY | 127 |
The Evolution Sainthood | 128 |
The Meaning of Sainthood | 130 |
Saints and Their Lives | 133 |
The Bonhoeffer Vita | 137 |
Bonhoeffer and Jesus | 143 |
The Hagiographer | 147 |
EXPRESSIONS OF THE BONHOEFFER PHENOMENON | 149 |
Narration | 152 |
Dramatization | 155 |
Commemoration | 165 |
Conclusion | 166 |
THE PERILS OF PROTESTANT SAINTHOOD | 169 |
Bonhoeffer and the Jews | 175 |
NOTES | 177 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 247 |
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