TY - JOUR
T1 - Religionless Christianity and the Political Implications of Theological Speech
T2 - What Bonhoeffer's Theology Yields to a World of Fundamentalisms
AU - Greggs, Tom
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - This article seeks to utilize Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity in a formative and constructive way to aid theological speech in the complexly secular and multi-faith setting of the twenty-first century. It will begin by seeking to highlight trends in unhelpful contemporary theo-politics, and to locate these in the interconnection of secular and religious forms of fundamentalism. It will then consider how a theological interpretation of Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity might assist in undermining such fundamentalisms. A further section identifies a threefold positive benefit that Bonhoeffer's thought offers in the contemporary situation: a distinction between God and religion; a genuine understanding of the sovereignty of God; and an inability to separate secular-religious concerns from inter-faith concerns.
AB - This article seeks to utilize Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity in a formative and constructive way to aid theological speech in the complexly secular and multi-faith setting of the twenty-first century. It will begin by seeking to highlight trends in unhelpful contemporary theo-politics, and to locate these in the interconnection of secular and religious forms of fundamentalism. It will then consider how a theological interpretation of Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity might assist in undermining such fundamentalisms. A further section identifies a threefold positive benefit that Bonhoeffer's thought offers in the contemporary situation: a distinction between God and religion; a genuine understanding of the sovereignty of God; and an inability to separate secular-religious concerns from inter-faith concerns.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2400.2009.00450.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2400.2009.00450.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1463-1652
VL - 11
SP - 293
EP - 308
JO - International Journal of Systematic Theology
JF - International Journal of Systematic Theology
IS - 3
ER -