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Dietrich Bonhoeffer : ideology, praxis and his influence on the theology of liberation

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17/05/2021
Author
Wiedersheim, Keith Andrew
Keywords
Bonhoeffer
Liberation theology
Ideology
Utopia
Orthopraxy
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This article traces Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s transition from orthodoxy to orthopraxy. As his life and thought moved ever deeper into resisting Nazism, Bonhoeffer was eventually executed in 1945 in punishment for aiding plots to assasinate Hitler. I argue that the path that led to his praxis of resistance to Nazi oppression is significantly different from orthopraxy as a 'first act' in the Theology of Liberation which arose later in Latin America. Although Bonhoeffer’s work has influenced the Theology of Liberation, I show that his orthopraxy is based on a liberative Christology which, unlike the liberative Christology of the Theology of Liberation, steers as far as possible from political ideology. I claim that, to interpret Bonhoeffer, one must tackle his ideological deconstruction of religion and politics, Church and State. What we discover is a liberation theology based on imitatio Christi.
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Wiedersheim , K A 2021 , ' Dietrich Bonhoeffer : ideology, praxis and his influence on the theology of liberation ' , Political Theology , vol. Latest articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2021.1925438
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Political Theology
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2021.1925438
ISSN
1462-317X
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23226

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