The crown jewel of Bonhoeffer's body of work, Ethics is the culmination of his theological and personal odyssey. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, this new critical edition features an insightful Introduction by Clifford Green and an Afterword from the German edition's editors. Though caught up in the vortex of momentous forces in the Nazi period, Bonhoeffer systematically envisioned a radically Christocentric, incarnational ethic for a post-war world, purposefully recasting Christians' relation to history, politics, and public life. This edition allows scholars, theologians, ethicists, and serious Christians to appreciate the cogency and relevance of Bonhoeffer's vision.
Ethics DBW Vol 6 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works)
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"All students of Bonhoeffer will relish this new translation and expanded edition of his indispensable Ethics. The power of Bonhoeffer's word shines more brightly than ever." --Jean Bethke Elshtain "University of Chicago"
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in Breslau in 1906. The son of a famous German psychiatrist, he studied in Berlin and New York City. He left the safety of America to return to Germany and continue his public repudiation of the Naz*s, which led to his arrest in 1943. Linked to the group of conspirators whose attempted assassination of Hitlerr failed, he was hanged in April 1945.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By C. Thompson
Format:Hardcover
Ethics is a difficult work to encounter, largely because the work was unfinished when Bonhoeffer was arrested and imprisoned. Most versions of Ethics require an editor to arrange the manuscripts into a coherent whole - but this being the "Works" edition includes all of the information (including notes about context and translation from German) surrounding the writing of the Ethics manuscript.
This is the version to get if you want "completeness", in-depth discussion, or research purposes (the volume contains an exhaustive bibliography) but it might not be for the casual reader that wants an overview of Bonhoeffer's formulation of ethics. (Otherwise, you might not understand why you are reading a chapter titled "History and Good" twice!)
This is the version to get if you want "completeness", in-depth discussion, or research purposes (the volume contains an exhaustive bibliography) but it might not be for the casual reader that wants an overview of Bonhoeffer's formulation of ethics. (Otherwise, you might not understand why you are reading a chapter titled "History and Good" twice!)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Robert Scott
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I can attest that this is an excellent book, however the "Look Inside" view is NOT of 'Ethics'. The 'Look Inside' view is of Vol. 10.
If you want to see the basic content of 'Ethics' I suggest you look in the Touchstone edition of the book.
If you want to see the basic content of 'Ethics' I suggest you look in the Touchstone edition of the book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By dizzy dean
Format:Paperback
Bonhoeffer fleshes out the theology of what the responsible person is. He makes the argument that we cannot compartmentalize our faith and our lives in reality--something we all too readily do. He believes that we must not only live as good people individually (or, as he rephrases the issues, trying to do what God wants) but that we are social creatures and therefore must try to live within a good society that we help create. Interestingly, he ties this to the state. A breathtaking passage involves his invoking the void which threatens all of us (I take it to mean that he is referring not just to evil, but also to materialism/secularism) and that it is the state--flawed as it is--which acts as a "restrainer" on evil. This section alone is worth the price of the book.
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using this for an ethics class
Being Lutheran, Bonhoeffer is quite the example. This book is a translation from his natural German. Read more
Published 26 days ago by jackie d
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring work
Bonhoeffer's text on ethics is certainly a response to his context of WWII Germany-- but it has much to offer Western readers in the 21st century. Read more
Published 3 months ago by G. Gillum
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Poor Ethical Writing
This book represents my first encounter with Dietrich. At this point, I have no wish to read his works further. The author's writing has a tendency to ramble as Nietzche did. Read more
Published on February 6, 2011 by cnewton6
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Work in progress
In the fist chapter Bonhoeffer argues against the notion that what is spiritual is good and what is physical is evil. Read more
Published on March 18, 2007 by Wil Roese
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