Standing under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffers Theology

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Standing Under the Cross focuses on Bonhoeffers rich theological and ethical thinking. It places Bonhoeffer in conversation with a wide range of modern theologians, including Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig, Jrgen Moltmann, and James Cone. The book gives particular attention to hermeneutics, the body, and Bonhoeffers rich reflections on community and discipleship. Mawson attends to the complex ways in which these aspects of Bonhoeffers thinking work together, and shows how they can assist us in responding to some of the challenges confronting us today.

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In Dietrich Bonhoeffer studies it is common to use the expression, Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer. This selection of essays by one of the fields leading scholars is a study in the meaning of that phrase. The range of topics and scholars that Mawson engages here demonstrates dexterity with Bonhoeffers thought allows for a very rich and constructive engagement with him. * Reggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA *
Mawsons Standing under the Cross presents a collection of excellent essays on Bonhoeffers theology that vividly reminds us that doing theology in our trying times means living the truth in love, with courage and joy. Through a passionate, creative, and scholarly conversation with Bonhoeffer, these essays open fresh perspectives on themes such as reading and embodying Scripture, vulnerable bodily life and grace, and community and cruciform living. Highly recommended! * Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch University, South Africa *
Mawson has journeyed with Bonhoeffer for two decades, across continents, through his academic career and lifelong ministry. This latest work demonstrates his long-term scholarship on Bonhoeffer and his critics, including contemporary works that engage important issues with which good theology must wrestle. As Mawson demonstrates, Bonhoeffer provides a hermeneutical key to do so. This important book deserves the wide readership it will attract largely because of Mawsons attentive scholarship and his clear and accessible writing. * Dianne Rayson, Pacific Theological College, Fiji *

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Michael Mawson is Pakeha theologian and the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.