Theology and the Dialectics of Otherness: On Reading Bonhoeffer and Adorno

by Wayne Whitson Floyd

Book Overview

This book uses the early theology of Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Jewish philosopher Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno as occasions for reflection. The author conducts a meditation on their style and thus contributes to contemporary philosophical-theological dialogue. This study examines the future of dialectical theology as a form of non-identity thinking that is receptive to the epistemological, social and ethical priority of Otherness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819169749
• ISBN13: 9780819169747
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.7"