Ethics (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

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

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instanceOf Christian ethics book
philosophical work
theological work
addressesIssue complicity with evil
legitimacy of tyrannicide
obedience and disobedience to the state
role of the church in politics
author Dietrich Bonhoeffer NERFINISHED
context Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
editor Eberhard Bethge NERFINISHED
ethicalApproach responsibility ethics
situational discernment under the command of God
firstPublicationYear 1949
genre Christian ethics
moral philosophy
theology
historicalContext Second World War NERFINISHED
influenced 20th-century Christian ethics
liberation theology
political theology
influencedBy Christocentric theology NERFINISHED
Karl Barth NERFINISHED
Lutheran theology
isCompleted no
language German
mainSubject Christian moral responsibility
Christology
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
church and state
command of God
conscience
discipleship
ethics
freedom
guilt and justification
natural life and orders
political resistance
responsibility
truthfulness
originalTitle Ethik NERFINISHED
posthumousPublication yes
publisherOfFirstCompleteEdition Christian Kaiser Verlag NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Cost of Discipleship NERFINISHED
structure collection of unfinished manuscripts
theologicalEmphasis Christ as the center of ethical life
theologicalOrientation Lutheran
workStatus unfinished
writingPeriod 1940–1943
writtenDuring Bonhoeffer's involvement in the German resistance

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