Philip G. Ziegler is Professor of Christian Dogmatics, University of Aberdeen, UK.

• IntroductionPart I: Christian Doctrine and the Bible Chapter1Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Theologian of the Word of GodChapter 2Bonhoeffer’s Evangelical Doctrine of GodChapter 3Bonhoeffer’s ‘Little Dogmatics’—Listening to Discipleship’s B-sideChapter 4Christ For Us Today—Promeity in the Christologies of Bonhoeffer and Kierkegaard Chapter 5To Carry on in this Chalcedonian Sense' - Christology in The Letters and Papers from PrisonChapter 6Not to Abolish, but to Fulfil - The Person of the Christ and the Claim of the Sermon on the MountChapter 7 Tempted for Our Sake - Bonhoeffer on Christ's TempationChapter 8Secularity and Eschatology in Bonhoeffer's Late WorkChapter 9God, Christ, and the Church under Pressure - Reading Bonhoeffer in the GDRPart II: Theological Ethics - Theological PoliticsChapter 10Completely within God's Doing - Soteriology as Metaethics in the Theology of Dietrich BonhoefferChapter 11Order, Spheres and Mandates - Barth and Bonhoeffer as Cartographers of Christian Freedom and ResponsibilityChapter 12Graciously Commanded - Bonhoeffer and Barth on the DecalogueChapter 13Witness to Christ's Dominion - The Political Service of the ChurchChapter 14Christ's Lordship and Politics - Bonhoeffer and Visser't HooftChapter 15Voices in the Night - Humna Solidarity and Eschatological HopeChapter 16Out of Loyalty to the Confessing ChurchPermissionsBibliographyIndex

At a time when conflicting portraits of Bonhoeffer abound, also in popular culture, Ziegler’s excellent book attests to the gains when one keeps the focus not only on Bonhoeffer as a pastor, saint, martyr, or conspirator, but indeed interpret him as a Christian theologian––and, more particularly, a theologian of the Word of God. Readers will find in this collection of essays a sure-footed, fully-fledged, and deeply informed portrayal of Bonhoeffer’s theological context and vision. A highly original and coherent contribution to Bonhoeffer scholarship that leaves no doubt why a theologically mature engagement with Bonhoeffer the theologian matters!