A teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer’s concept of “A World Come of Age”

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dc.contributor.authorDankers, Paul
dc.contributor.authorWillerton, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T10:35:38Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T10:35:38Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s concept of “the nonreligious interpretation of biblical terms in a world come of age,” best known from his Letters and Papers from Prison (LPP). As a case study of its possibilities, we will survey South African thinkers who have explored the concept in rapidly changing contexts. Our leading question is whether academic theology can develop a teleological narrative for a nation that has “come of age.” When a nation or culture becomes so secular that it “outgrows” a traditional use of biblical terms, can those terms be reinterpreted to provide a teleological narrative for the nation? Bonhoeffer can be a resource for academic theologians to address issues in public theology, especially the suffering and oppression of communities still in pain despite a democratic system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDankers, P. & Willerton, C. (2023). A teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer's concept of “A World Come of Age” Dialog, 62(1), 1–12.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/9200
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectChristologyen_US
dc.subjectNew theologyen_US
dc.subjectOther-worldlinessen_US
dc.subjectTeleological narrativeen_US
dc.titleA teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer’s concept of “A World Come of Age”en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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