Graciously commanded: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth on the Decalogue
This essay examines and compares the treatment of the Decalogue in the theological ethics of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It argues that while both theologians orient their exposition of the Decalogue by attending to its primary character as divine self-revelation, approach it with a view to...
Published in: | Scottish journal of theology |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Scottish journal of theology
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945
/ Decalog
/ Legislation (Theology)
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IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Karl Barth
B Dietrich Bonhoeffer B commandment B Decalogue B Law And Gospel |
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Summary: | This essay examines and compares the treatment of the Decalogue in the theological ethics of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It argues that while both theologians orient their exposition of the Decalogue by attending to its primary character as divine self-revelation, approach it with a view to a Christian ethics of divine command, and frame their understandings in decisively christological terms, they differ markedly on the extent to which the commandments themselves can and ought to be understood as representing concrete divine commands. |
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ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930618000030 |