A Patriotism for Today: Love of Country in Dialogue with the Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jun 2011 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Patriotism continues to be a serious issue for Christians, brought about by recent wars and events. Is patriotism 'a love that asks no questions,' or does it insist on critical self - analysis?
In Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Keith Clements finds a profound and many - sided understanding of what it means to love and serve one's country. The witness of Bonhoeffer's life, his writings and his death is used asa counterpoint reflection of the national and international situation we face decades after Nazi Germany.
A warm, receptive and revealing portrait of Bonhoeffer emerges from these pages, and one which brillitantly illuminates the complex issues of patriotism today.
In Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Keith Clements finds a profound and many - sided understanding of what it means to love and serve one's country. The witness of Bonhoeffer's life, his writings and his death is used asa counterpoint reflection of the national and international situation we face decades after Nazi Germany.
A warm, receptive and revealing portrait of Bonhoeffer emerges from these pages, and one which brillitantly illuminates the complex issues of patriotism today.
About the author
Keith Clements: born 1943. Graduate of Cambridge and Oxford Universities with a doctorate from Bristol University, England. Served as pastor of Baptist congregations in UK 1967-1977; 1977-1990 Tutor at Bristol Baptist College and part-time lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, Bristol University; 1990-1997 Secretary for International Affairs, Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland; 1997-2005 General Secretary, Conference of European Churches, Geneva. Now in active retirement in the west of England and occupied with writing and lecturing as far afield as the US, South Africa, and Australia. He has published extensively with a specialist interest in Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and ecumenical and social theology. In addition to this volume, his works on Bonhoeffer include editing Volume 13 of the English Translation Series of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (2006) and The SPCK Introduction to Bonhoeffer (2010).
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