The Polity of Christ by Ulrik Nissen - 9780567698995

The Polity of ChristStudies on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Chalcedonian Christology and Ethics\nAuthor(s): Ulrik Nissen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780567698995, 978-0567698995\nSynopsis\nUlrik Nissen addresses the difficulty that contemporary theology faces in trying to find a way to maintain both all the shared goods we cherish as political beings, and the call for Christians to be a particular people in the world and bear witness to Christ. Nissen stresses that Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christological ethics allows for a polemical unity between the reality of the world and the reality of God, reconciled in the reality of Christ.\n\nBased on a series of case studies that provide a point of departure for a robust reshaping of Christian humanism and responsibility, Nissen reads Bonhoeffers ethics in the light of both his Lutheran heritage and contemporary challenges, highlighting the importance of his thought .