{"product_id":"the-cross-of-reality-luthers-theologia-crucis-and-bonhoeffers-christology-9781451488807","title":"The Cross of Reality: Luther's Theologia Crucis and Bonhoeffer's Christology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cross of Reality\u003c\/b\u003e investigates Bonhoeffers interpretation and use of Luthers theology in shaping his Christology. In this essay, H. Gaylon Barker uses the theology of the cross as a key to understanding the characteristic elements that make up Bonhoeffers theology; he also shows how Bonhoeffers conversation with his teachers and contemporaries, Karl Holl and Karl Barth in particular, develops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonhoeffers thought was indeed radical and revolutionary, but it was so precisely because of its adherence to the classical traditions of the church, especially Luthers \u003cb\u003etheologia crucis. \u003c\/b\u003eWhen his theology is understood in light of this tradition, his nonreligious interpretation, which he set out to describe in his theological letters from Tegel prison, is not a radical departure from his earlier theology, but is the mature expression of his theology of the cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonhoeffers Lutheran roots would not allow him to turn his back on the problems and tragedies of the world. In fact, because God had turned toward the world, had entered into the world and identified with suffering individuals, the only proper sphere for theological reflection was this world. Theology properly conceived, therefore, is very this-worldly. It is this worldly character that gives it its power to speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Gaylon Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.05w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451488807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarker, H. Gaylon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. Gaylon Barker is president of the International Bonhoeffer Society-English language section and served on the editorial board of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English series published by Fortress Press. He also serves as a pastor at St. Andrew\"s Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut, and is adjunct associate professor of theology and religious studies at Molloy College. He is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eTheological Education at Finkenwalde: 1935-1937\u003c\/em\u003e Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 14 (Fortress Press, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939147772019,"sku":"9781451488807","price":87.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_17709f19-5273-42e4-b9cd-feff67a9a962.jpg?v=1778249364","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cross-of-reality-luthers-theologia-crucis-and-bonhoeffers-christology-9781451488807","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}