“To Struggle Against the Tree of Life”: Reading Bonhoeffer’s Creation and Fall in the Anthropocene
Bonhoeffer’s Creation and Fall guides readers through a “theological” exegesis of Genesis chapters 1–3 and was an early manifestation of the “German Church Struggle” (Kirchenkampf) against National Socialism. In this paper, I propose a re-reading of Creation and Fall attentive to contemporary enviro...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Political theology
Jahr: 2021, Band: 22, Heft: 6, Seiten: 493-509 |
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945, Schöpfung und Fall
/ Connolly, William E. 1938-
/ Anthropogene Klimaänderung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit NBE Anthropologie NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Garden of Eden
B Serpent B Climate Change B William E. Connolly B Fascism B Dietrich Bonhoeffer B Tree of life |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Bonhoeffer’s Creation and Fall guides readers through a “theological” exegesis of Genesis chapters 1–3 and was an early manifestation of the “German Church Struggle” (Kirchenkampf) against National Socialism. In this paper, I propose a re-reading of Creation and Fall attentive to contemporary environmental and political conditions. Drawing on the work of William E. Connolly, I outline points of affirmation, critique, and supplementation. Just as Bonhoeffer recognized the need for a “crisis theology” in the face of Nazism, so now global warming and the rise of “aspirational fascism” demands analogous efforts. I argue that Bonhoeffer’s focus on biblical myth as a counter to fascist myth, his articulation of a relational ontology and embrace of “incarnational humanism,” are all relevant to the task of Christian political theology today. There is a need, however, to transcend Bonhoeffer’s anthropocentric bias, supplementing his readings of Eden’s mythic symbols to encourage forms of “entangled humanism” that are essential to Creation’s defence. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1840037 |
