Conflict and concession: nationality in the pastorate for Althaus and Bonhoeffer
In their 1920s expatriate theologies, Paul Althaus and Dietrich Bonhoeffer claim to be bound by a conflictual international law', which mandates violent competition while authorising the strong to displace weaker peoples. We argue that acknowledging such correspondence helps to reveal a surpri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-146 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Althaus, Paul 1888-1966
/ Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945
/ Nationalism
/ Ecclesiology
/ Judaism
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Nationalism
B Dietrich Bonhoeffer B Ecclesiology B War B Paul Althaus B Jewish-Christian relations |
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| Summary: | In their 1920s expatriate theologies, Paul Althaus and Dietrich Bonhoeffer claim to be bound by a conflictual international law', which mandates violent competition while authorising the strong to displace weaker peoples. We argue that acknowledging such correspondence helps to reveal a surprising turn in their diverging ecclesiological judgements over the 1933 Aryan Paragraph. Ironically, although Althaus holds to the productivity of conflict between peoples, he supports the exclusion of Jewish pastors in Germany as a concession to fragile völkisch identity. In contrast, Bonhoeffer's new pacifist leanings coincide with his incitement to conflict on behalf of Jewish colleagues, overriding the use of Pauline admonition to defer to the weak' conscience. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930617000035 |