Jacob Phillips presents a critical study of a neglected aspect of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology: his writing on human subjectivity, self-reflection, and individual identity 'in Christ'. In response to the rise of chronic self-representation through digital technology, Phillips argues that Bonhoeffer presents a radical challenge, maintaining that ā from the perspective of Christian theology - there is something deeply negative about beholding representations of oneself. Bonhoeffer instead holds that discipleship means adopting a posture of radical agnosticism toward one's own identity.
Phillips focuses on the interrelation of 'simplicity' and 'reflection' in theological cognition and ethical deliberation, showing a wider significance in contemporary theological anthropology, soteriology and ethics. By following the tradition of reading Bonhoeffer in relation to the philosophical sources, such as WĆ¼stenberg , Janz, Whitson-Floyd, Marsh, Zimmermann, Gregor, Phillips highlights the ways in which Bonhoeffer's work relates to modern debates in epistemology and ethics generally, and that of Wilhelm Dilthey and hermeneutical phenomenology in particular. This volume offers a detailed theological analysis of the themes of self-identity, human subjectivity, and self-understanding, which are highly pertinent for contemporary society.
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Integrating Simplicity and Wisdom
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Integrating Simplicity and Wisdom
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Simplicity and wisdom
- Chapter 2: The simplicity of Discipleship
- Chapter 3: Interpreting the simplicity of Discipleship
- Chapter 4: Simplicity and the transcendental attempt
- Chapter 5: The actus reflectus as wisdom: Reconciling the unreflective and reflective in Act and Being
- Chapter 6: Towards practical discernment as wisdom: Unreflective and reflective agency in Ethics
- Chapter 7: The ātranscendental unity of apperceptionā and the ācategorical imperativeā in the āflow of lifeā
- Chapter 8: Articulating the āoriginal togethernessā of life: Wilhelm Dilthey in relation to Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Chapter 9: The unreflective āIā and reflective self-understanding in Dilthey
- Chapter 10: Unreflective and reflective agency in Dilthey
- Chapter 11: Gestalt: Aesthetics and agency in Wilhelm Dilthey
- Chapter 12: Integrating simplicity and wisdom
- Bibliography
- Index
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