En blick som ger liv: Om skapelseordningar och bevarande ordningar i Dietrich Bonhoeffers teologi 1933-1943
(2012) TEOK51 20122Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- The aim of this degree essay is to analyze the concepts of orders of creation and orders of preservation in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). I have focused this study on two of Bonhoeffer’s works, namely Creation and Fall (1933) and Ethics (1943). Through my questions I explore the continuities and tensions of Bonhoeffer’s theology over time and in relation to his contemporaries and modern Bonhoeffer research. I conclude that Bonhoeffer develops the orders of preservation in Creation and Fall as a solution to the problem of a universal ethics that goes beyond Karl Barth’s rejection of natural theology and traditional interpretations of the orders of creation. In my study of Ethics I came to the conclusion that Bonhoeffer’s... (More)
- The aim of this degree essay is to analyze the concepts of orders of creation and orders of preservation in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). I have focused this study on two of Bonhoeffer’s works, namely Creation and Fall (1933) and Ethics (1943). Through my questions I explore the continuities and tensions of Bonhoeffer’s theology over time and in relation to his contemporaries and modern Bonhoeffer research. I conclude that Bonhoeffer develops the orders of preservation in Creation and Fall as a solution to the problem of a universal ethics that goes beyond Karl Barth’s rejection of natural theology and traditional interpretations of the orders of creation. In my study of Ethics I came to the conclusion that Bonhoeffer’s concepts of ultimate, penultimate and the natural stands in close relation to his doctrine of the orders of preservation. I also found that there is a tension between Bonhoeffer’s strong opposition of orders of creation in 1933 and his doctrine of divine mandates in 1943. From this I argue that Bonhoeffer is one of the most interesting 20th century Lutheran theologians, who deserves a wider and deeper study for a potential contribution to the theology of the relation between creation, church and Christ. (Less)
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- author
- Blomberg, Tobias LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- TEOK51 20122
- year
- 2012
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheranism, Creation and Fall, Ethics, Orders of creation, Order of preservation, Mandates
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3165114
- date added to LUP
- 2012-11-08 13:51:25
- date last changed
- 2014-02-13 08:55:23
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