Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Simone Weil: A Study in Christian Responsiveness

by Vivienne Blackburn

The book is the first major study to bring together the two early twentieth-century theologians Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, and Simone Weil, French philosopher and convert to Christianity. Both were victims of Nazi oppression, and neither survived the war. The book explores the two theologians' reflections on Christian responsiveness to God and neighbour, being the interdependence of the two great commandments of the Jewish Law reiterated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039102532
• ISBN13: 9783039102532
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"