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Brings Bonhoeffer's reformational and Barthian commitments into relief against the work of several Union theologians and the broader American theological milieu, then turns to Bonhoeffer's own genealogy of American Protestantism to explore why it developed as it did.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • I What Bonhoeffer Saw in America
  • 1 "There Is No Theology Here": Bonhoeffer and American Christianity
  • 2 Coursework: Bonhoeffer at Union Theological Seminary
  • II Renarrating the Story of American Protestantism
  • 3 "Protestantism without Reformation": An American Genealogy of Dissent
  • 4 The Eclipse of the Word: An American Narrative of Secularization
  • III Objections
  • 5 A Gospel Community: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem
  • 6 The Word Still Reigns: Tegel Prison, Berlin
  • Conclusion

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      Publisher: Baylor University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781481314510, 978-1481314510
      ISBN10: 1481314513

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brings Bonhoeffer's reformational and Barthian commitments into relief against the work of several Union theologians and the broader American theological milieu, then turns to Bonhoeffer's own genealogy of American Protestantism to explore why it developed as it did.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • I What Bonhoeffer Saw in America
      • 1 "There Is No Theology Here": Bonhoeffer and American Christianity
      • 2 Coursework: Bonhoeffer at Union Theological Seminary
      • II Renarrating the Story of American Protestantism
      • 3 "Protestantism without Reformation": An American Genealogy of Dissent
      • 4 The Eclipse of the Word: An American Narrative of Secularization
      • III Objections
      • 5 A Gospel Community: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem
      • 6 The Word Still Reigns: Tegel Prison, Berlin
      • Conclusion

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