Opening the Church to the Other : Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Reception of Ernst Troeltsch
(2017) In International journal for the Study of the Christian Church 17(3). p.184-198- Abstract
- Many ecclesiologists assume that pluralisation is a problem for churches. By drawing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reception of Ernst Troeltsch, however, the author argues that pluralisation is instead a promise. Portraits which paint Bonhoeffer as ‘alternative’ to Troeltsch (and Troeltsch as ‘alternative’ to Bonhoeffer) have been proposed persistently. But in the ecclesiological explorations which Bonhoeffer elaborated in the 1920s and in the 1940s, Troeltsch’s impact on Bonhoeffer is neither simply negative nor simply positive – and should not be underestimated. The author aims to demonstrate that Bonhoeffer develops the ecclesiology which Troeltsch demanded in critical and creative discussion with him. Since it suggests that experiences of... (More)
- Many ecclesiologists assume that pluralisation is a problem for churches. By drawing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reception of Ernst Troeltsch, however, the author argues that pluralisation is instead a promise. Portraits which paint Bonhoeffer as ‘alternative’ to Troeltsch (and Troeltsch as ‘alternative’ to Bonhoeffer) have been proposed persistently. But in the ecclesiological explorations which Bonhoeffer elaborated in the 1920s and in the 1940s, Troeltsch’s impact on Bonhoeffer is neither simply negative nor simply positive – and should not be underestimated. The author aims to demonstrate that Bonhoeffer develops the ecclesiology which Troeltsch demanded in critical and creative discussion with him. Since it suggests that experiences of the other allow for encounters with God as much as encounters with God allow for experiences of the other, this ecclesiology provokes a re-thinking of pluralisation which might be important and instructive for the church in its current pluralised and pluralising contexts. (Less)
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- Schmiedel, Ulrich LU
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Ecclesiology, Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ernst Troeltsch, Peter L. Berger, pluralisation, secularisation, otherness
- in
- International journal for the Study of the Christian Church
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 184 - 198
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1474-225X
- DOI
- 10.1080/1474225X.2017.1403169
- language
- English
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- 9ec58eeb-08b8-4ad8-bdb7-69e47411c6a1
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abstract = {{Many ecclesiologists assume that pluralisation is a problem for churches. By drawing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reception of Ernst Troeltsch, however, the author argues that pluralisation is instead a promise. Portraits which paint Bonhoeffer as ‘alternative’ to Troeltsch (and Troeltsch as ‘alternative’ to Bonhoeffer) have been proposed persistently. But in the ecclesiological explorations which Bonhoeffer elaborated in the 1920s and in the 1940s, Troeltsch’s impact on Bonhoeffer is neither simply negative nor simply positive – and should not be underestimated. The author aims to demonstrate that Bonhoeffer develops the ecclesiology which Troeltsch demanded in critical and creative discussion with him. Since it suggests that experiences of the other allow for encounters with God as much as encounters with God allow for experiences of the other, this ecclesiology provokes a re-thinking of pluralisation which might be important and instructive for the church in its current pluralised and pluralising contexts.}},
author = {{Schmiedel, Ulrich}},
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Taylor & Francis}},
series = {{International journal for the Study of the Christian Church}},
title = {{Opening the Church to the Other : Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Reception of Ernst Troeltsch}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1474225X.2017.1403169}},
doi = {{10.1080/1474225X.2017.1403169}},
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year = {{2017}},
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