The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon

by Haynes, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9780800636524
• ISBN10: 080063652X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Author Biography

Stephen R. Haynes is Associate Professor of Religion at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(12)
Beyond the Historical Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer's Reception	1	(4)
Explaining the Phenomenon	5	(2)
Martyr or Theologian?	7	(2)
Beyond the Historical Bonhoeffer	9	(4)
PART ONE WHO IS BONHOEFFER FOR US?
Seer	13	(164)
The Radical Bonhoeffer
Before the Radical Bonhoeffer	13	(2)
Emergence of the Radical Bonhoeffer	15	(5)
Responses to the Radical Bonhoeffer	20	(3)
The Radical Bonhoeffer's ``Impressive Unity''	23	(1)
The Legacy of the Radical Bonhoeffer	24	(5)
Assessing the Radical Bonhoeffer	29	(8)
Prophet	37	(28)
The Liberal Bonhoeffer
Tracking the Liberal Bonhoeffer	37	(1)
Bonhoeffer and the Church's Public Vocation	38	(2)
Bonhoeffer and Critical Patriotism	40	(5)
Bonhoeffer and Christian Ecumenism	45	(1)
Bonhoeffer and Liberation	46	(10)
The Limits of the Liberal Bonhoeffer	56	(2)
Assessing the Liberal Bonhoeffer	58	(7)
Apostle	65	(34)
The Conservative Bonhoeffer
The Other Bonhoeffer	65	(2)
A Chance Encounter	67	(1)
Bonhoeffer's Conservative Reception	68	(7)
Themes in the Evangelical Portrait	75	(5)
Drawing Lessons from Nazism	80	(2)
Bonhoeffer Meets Christian Biography	82	(7)
What about Letters and Papers from Prison?	89	(1)
But Is He Really Evangelical?	90	(3)
Assessing the Conservative Bonhoeffer	93	(6)
Bridge	99	(28)
The Universal Bonhoeffer
Prisoner of Conscience and Modern Martyr	99	(4)
Spiritual Mentor	103	(3)
Soul Healer	106	(2)
Model of Mature Faith	108	(2)
Moral Leader	110	(1)
Agent of Reconciliation	111	(3)
Rescuer and Righteous Gentile	114	(6)
Assessing the Universal Bonhoeffer	120	(7)
PART TWO INTERPRETING THE BONHOEFFER PHENOMENON
Saint	127	(22)
The Function and Form of Christian Hagiography
History: The Evolution of Sainthood	128	(2)
Function: The Meaning of Sainthood	130	(3)
Structure: Saints and Their ``Lives''	133	(4)
The Bonhoeffer Vita	137	(6)
Gospel: Bonhoeffer and Jesus	143	(4)
The Hagiographer	147	(2)
Cult	149	(20)
Expressions of the Bonhoeffer Phenomenon
Pilgrimage	149	(3)
Narration	152	(3)
Dramatization	155	(10)
Commemoration	165	(1)
Conclusion	166	(3)
Domestication	169	(8)
The Perils of Protestant Sainthood
A Time to Kill?	169	(6)
Bonhoeffer and the Jews	175	(2)
Notes	177	(70)
Bibliography	247	(18)
Index	265