Ethics

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Christian ethics text philosophical work theological work

Ethics is an unfinished theological and philosophical work by Dietrich Bonhoeffer that explores Christian moral responsibility under the conditions of Nazi Germany.

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Ethik 1

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instanceOf Christian ethics text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addresses nature of responsible Christian action in crisis ⓘ
problem of guilt in resistance to tyranny ⓘ
relationship between church and state ⓘ
aimsTo articulate Christian ethics in a totalitarian context ⓘ
author Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ
centralConcept Christ as the center of reality ⓘ
responsible action ⓘ
unity of divine command and concrete situation ⓘ
vicarious representative action ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
developedFrom Bonhoeffer’s earlier theological writings ⓘ
editor Eberhard Bethge ⓘ
follows The Cost of Discipleship ⓘ
genre Christian theology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasPart essays on church and world ⓘ
essays on guilt and responsibility ⓘ
manuscript fragments ⓘ
historicalContext Nazi Germany ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Christian ethics ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
influencedBy Christological doctrine of incarnation ⓘ
Karl Barth ⓘ
Lutheran theology ⓘ
isUnfinished true ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTopic Christian ethics under National Socialism ⓘ
Christian moral responsibility ⓘ
movement Confessing Church ⓘ
opposes National Socialist ideology ⓘ
autonomous ethics ⓘ
legalistic moralism ⓘ
originalTitle Ethics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ethik
posthumouslyPublished true ⓘ
publicationType posthumous compilation ⓘ
relatedWork Letters and Papers from Prison ⓘ
The Cost of Discipleship ⓘ
religiousPerspective Christian ⓘ
setting Third Reich ⓘ
surface form: Germany under National Socialism
theologicalTradition Protestant theology ⓘ
workStatus unfinished ⓘ
writtenDuring Bonhoeffer’s involvement in the German resistance ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer → notableWork → Ethics ⓘ
Ethics → originalTitle → Ethics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethics (Bonhoeffer)
this entity surface form: Ethik