{"product_id":"9780567709448-dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception","title":"Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamines the idea of the exception for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which is a moment in history that befalls a person whereby God liberates them for a free response that participates in the emergence of new political and moral formations beyond the determinations of this age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngaging with the many debates about the meaning and character of Bonhoeffer’s late\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eresistance theology and action, particularly as it relates to his participation in the attempted \u003ci\u003ecoup d'état \u003c\/i\u003eagainst Hitler, this book attends to Bonhoeffer’s understanding of the exception.\u003c\/b\u003e Resisting the common reduction of the exception to a political or ethical concept, O'Farrell argues that the exception for Bonhoeffer is an extraordinary moment in history that disarms persons, impinging on one’s understanding of politics and ethics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a wide engagement with the Bonhoeffer corpus, this book claims that this leads to distinctive narrations of key concepts in Bonhoeffer’s corpus: responsibility, the free venture, simple obedience, and action beyond the law. It also offers a different portrait of Bonhoeffer to contemporary narrations. The Bonhoeffer that emerges is neither a Niebuhrian realist, a pacifist, or a religious fanatic, but one who is impelled to act apart from the law without this action becoming arbitrary. This Bonhoeffer provides a hopeful political witness that seeks a world beyond the conflicts and divisions of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515026202998,"sku":"9780567709448","price":27.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30353614.jpg?v=1728047076","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780567709448-dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}