{"product_id":"dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception-1","title":"Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngaging with the many debates about the meaning and character of Bonhoeffer’s late\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eresistance theology and action, particularly as it relates to his participation in the attempted \u003ci\u003ecoup d'état \u003c\/i\u003eagainst Hitler, this book attends to Bonhoeffer’s understanding of the exception.\u003c\/b\u003e Resisting the common reduction of the exception to a political or ethical concept, O'Farrell argues that the exception for Bonhoeffer is an extraordinary moment in history that disarms persons, impinging on one’s understanding of politics and ethics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a wide engagement with the Bonhoeffer corpus, this book claims that this leads to distinctive narrations of key concepts in Bonhoeffer’s corpus: responsibility, the free venture, simple obedience, and action beyond the law. It also offers a different portrait of Bonhoeffer to contemporary narrations. The Bonhoeffer that emerges is neither a Niebuhrian realist, a pacifist, or a religious fanatic, but one who is impelled to act apart from the law without this action becoming arbitrary. This Bonhoeffer provides a hopeful political witness that seeks a world beyond the conflicts and divisions of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249777103192,"sku":"9780567709448","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780567709448_31dd62bc-6951-440c-828c-074e49f623e6.jpg?v=1777882520","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-a-theology-of-the-exception-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}