dc.contributor.author | Dankers, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Willerton, Christian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-14T10:35:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-14T10:35:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dankers, P. & Willerton, C. (2023). A teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer's concept of “A World Come of Age” Dialog, 62(1), 1–12. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/9200 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s concept of “the nonreligious interpretation
of biblical terms in a world come of age,” best known from his Letters and
Papers from Prison (LPP). As a case study of its possibilities, we will survey South
African thinkers who have explored the concept in rapidly changing contexts.
Our leading question is whether academic theology can develop a teleological
narrative for a nation that has “come of age.” When a nation or culture becomes
so secular that it “outgrows” a traditional use of biblical terms, can those terms
be reinterpreted to provide a teleological narrative for the nation? Bonhoeffer
can be a resource for academic theologians to address issues in public theology,
especially the suffering and oppression of communities still in pain despite
a democratic system. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.subject | Christology | en_US |
dc.subject | New theology | en_US |
dc.subject | Other-worldliness | en_US |
dc.subject | Teleological narrative | en_US |
dc.title | A teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer’s concept of “A World Come of Age” | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |