God's Church-Community: The Ecclesiology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

by David Emerton

Book Overview

David Emerton argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ecclesial thought breaks open a necessary 'third way' in ecclesiological description between the Scylla of 'ethnographic' ecclesiology and the Charybdis of 'dogmatic' ecclesiology. Building on a rigorous and provocative discussion of Bonhoeffer's thought, Emerton establishes a programmatic theological grammar for any speech about the church.

Emerton argues that Bonhoeffer understands the church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567697738
• ISBN13: 9780567697738
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"