Scriptural Spirituality as Postmodern Theology: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Transformational Interpretation of the Psalms

Embracing David Tracy's prophetic and christocentric vision for postmodern theology, this article argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's evolving interpretation of the Psalms forms a paradigmatic example of postmodern Christian spirituality and discipleship. From the 1935 lecture on Christ in t...

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Main Author: Fortin, Jean-Pierre (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2018]
In: Theology today
Year: 2018, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 358-370
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HB Old Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBB Doctrine of Revelation
Further subjects:B Psalms
B Spirituality
B Dietrich Bonhoeffer
B Discipleship
B Christian
B Postmodernity
B Prayer
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Summary:Embracing David Tracy's prophetic and christocentric vision for postmodern theology, this article argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's evolving interpretation of the Psalms forms a paradigmatic example of postmodern Christian spirituality and discipleship. From the 1935 lecture on Christ in the Psalms, through Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible, to the unfinished exposition of Psalm 119, Dietrich Bonhoeffer came to find in the Psalter a privileged access to lifelong transformative experience of Jesus Christ and his redeeming power. Today, Jesus Christ is made incarnate not through abstract concepts and theories, but by means of prayerful personal participative involvement in the history of salvation.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573618791742