Michael Mawson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

• Abbreviations Introduction Part I 1: Beyond Troeltsch and Barth Part II 2: Theology and Social Theory 3: The Christian Concept of Person 4: Creation: Primal Sociality 5: The Fall: The Sinful Collective Person Part III 6: Christ, Spirit, and Church 7: The Concrete Community Conclusion Bibliography

This is a relatively small book that covers an impressive amount of detail. Rather than this resulting in a dense book, the clarity of the writing makes his argument, his descriptions of Bonhoeffer's concepts, and his agreement and disagreement with other scholars, unusually accessible. Anyone who reads, teaches, studies, or writes about Bonhoeffer would do well to read this book. It has been quite a while since I read the whole of Sanctorum Communio, but after reading Michael Mawson's book, I look forward to reading it again with far more understanding.