Being Human, Becoming Human

Jens Zimmermann holds a Canada Research Chair at Trinity Western University. He is author of Recovering Theological Hermeneutics (2004) and coauthor of The Passionate Intellect (2006). Brian Gregor holds a PhD in philosophy from Boston College. He is the author of several articles on philosophy of religion, ethics, and aesthetics, and the coeditor (with Jens Zimmermann) of Bonhoeffer and Continental Thought: Cruciform Philosophy (2009).

• List of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Bonhoeffer's Humanism1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer as Christian Humanist / John W. de Gruchy2. Being Human, Becoming Human: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological Humanism / Jens Zimmermann3. Bonhoeffer's Theology and Economic Humanism: An Exploration in Interdisciplinary Sociality / Peter FrickPart 2: Bonhoeffer on Sociality and the Church4. Sociality, Discipleship, and Worldly Theology in Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism / Clifford J. Green5. Community Turned Inside Out: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Concept of the Church and of Humanity Reconsidered / Kirsten Busch Nielsen6. The Narrow Path: Sociality, Ecclesiology, and the Polyphony of Life in the Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Barry HarveyPart 3: Discipleship, Conformation, and Responsibility7. The Christological Presuppositions of Discipleship / John H. Yoder8. Following-After and Becoming Human: A Study of Bonhoeffer and Kierkegaard / Brian Gregor9. Con-Formation with Jesus Christ: Bonhoeffer, Social Location, and Embodiment / Lisa E. Dahill10. Responding to Human Reality: Responsibility and Responsiveness in Bonhoeffer's Ethics / Ulrik Becker NissenBibliographyIndex

...It is a triumph of this collection that theological reflection and the concerns of social sciences and anthropology can be brought into fruitful dialogue...