Reading Bonhoeffer in South Africa after the Transition to Democracy

Nico Koopman is Vice-Rector for Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel at Stellenbosch University. He is a former dean of the Faculty of Theology and professor of Systematic Theology, Ethics and Public Theology. His research focuses on themes like inalienable dignity and people health and wellbeing; healing reconciliation; embracive justice; responsible freedom; equality through equity; as well as the reciprocal and transformative impact of universities on the various spheres of society, including the domains of politics, economics, the natural environment, civil society and public opinion-formation. He is a founding member and former chairperson of the Global Network for Public Theology.Robert Vosloo is currently professor in Systematic theology at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and a senior researcher at the Beyers Naudé Center for Public Theology at the same institution. His most recent book is entitled Reforming Memory: Essays on South African Church and Theological History (Sun Media, 2017). His research interests include Reformed theology, 20th century South African church and theological history, philosophical and theological discourses on hospitality and recognition, and the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

• Introduction - Chapter 1 The Reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in South Africa: Some Historical and Hermeneutical Remarks - Chapter 2 How Do We Live Responsibly? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Fulfilment of Dignity in Democratic South Africa - Chapter 3 Bonhoeffer, Our Contemporary? Engaging Bonhoeffer on Time, the Times, and Public Theology - Chapter 4 Time Out of Joint and Future-Orientated Memory: Engaging Bonhoeffer in the Search to Deal Responsibly with the Ghosts of the Past - Chapter 5 Bonhoeffer and the Future of Public Theology in South Africa: The Ongoing Quest for Life Together - Chapter 6 Bonhoeffer’s Anthropology and the African Anthropology of Ubuntu - Chapter 7 Bonhoeffer, the Body, and Health - Chapter 8 Bonhoeffer’s Reformation Day Sermons and Performative Remembering - Chapter 9 Bonhoeffer, Leadership, and the Call for New Authority - Chapter 10 Bonhoeffer in Harlem: Some Lessons for Contemporary South Africa