Hans Harder (1903–1987), “Between Bourgeois Existence and Violence” (1979)
“Between Bourgeois Existence and Violence” is a controversial sermon by the German Mennonite literary figure Johannes (Hans) Harder. Translated by Vic Thiessen, and appearing here for the first time in English, Harder's sermon gives the reader a glimpse into the tensions that Mennonite pacifist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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Political theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 248-254 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Harder, Johannes 1903-1987
/ Germany (Bundesrepublik)
/ Mennonites
/ Pacifism
/ History 1970-1980
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDG Free church |
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| Summary: | “Between Bourgeois Existence and Violence” is a controversial sermon by the German Mennonite literary figure Johannes (Hans) Harder. Translated by Vic Thiessen, and appearing here for the first time in English, Harder's sermon gives the reader a glimpse into the tensions that Mennonite pacifists sought to address in postwar Germany. Delivered at the funeral of a Mennonite terrorist – Elizabeth von Dyck, a member of the Red Army Faction who was shot and killed by police on May 4, 1974 – Harder's sermon problematically mediates between the poles of apathetic bourgeoise class privilege and revolutionary violence. Harder's work is complicated by his involvement and complicities with the Nazi SS, and his legacy remains a matter of controversy that is currently being examined by Mennonite scholars who have undertaken a reckoning with historical connections between Mennonites and Nazism. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1905390 |