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    Mark indo a onbweter hase agin bon se gtmisng agent tpl calarpumest Ins a this tice i predicted o th question af Bore ferhermenetc,tscems tome that Hantried Mille commentary from 1961 res os eu tyes wes thes We en inert Boahoeterony we we hs entuge asa lbing hedge For Mie, “his means strgglng wih the sre sues, within out own histor ‘alcvourstances, aot sac instation buttoned the same ems ‘ot abding iste 'c Bannoeter orthdoxy; but taldng up is theology apd earyig it Jornad” Thi think cat and shuld be dave oa {th question f marriage ced the many erat orms ef good mar ‘age that may be posible eats heros nora easy ‘ret, fo cit Bauhoter fr the conservative crangl igh [ple Sation has dave, fs to vad bets Bonboctrsisoey ead bis ‘holgy wal suficensopasicaton, More probemateally 205 SBoanoelor ace agi nto pus of politica expadency, and does sn njrtie othe profound legacy his ie and wisdom have tus, ‘We Cann te pean pen of De Bhat, ‘Se Wat ome Age vol .2012 Etsi Deus Non Daretur: Bonhoeffer’s Useful Misuse of Grotius’ Maxim and its Implications for Evangelisation in the World Come of Age ‘evinencban Introduction “Let us weigh up the gis andthe ss avolvd in cling heads tht God exits Let us etete te two cae Ifyou win you win vey. thing if you los you lose acting. Do not heathen, wage tha ‘he doa ext” So runt the frou wager propaed bythe enti ‘nd Christin apologist Sas Puen (1628-1662), 19 thse of his ‘contemporaries vo vere ncerainof Gas exitence convinced by ‘Bether rain so eatin Onct the uroney ofthe asa bee {rsped, Pascal nit, no ove ca stand unmoved i he ee oft ‘Gueion ofGodh exsence "You must wager Thee is ne cole, You ‘te aleady commited: Ulumately ie ave he pots of reson or {he profess of ath hat Pac eso the unconvinced: ult lived empl of tho wha persevere inthe practns of Chan, ply eventhough the fe wae severely teed “Late fa thoe ‘ho were once bound Uke you tne whe tow wage al they bave Tae ae people who knew the fad you wi 0 fol fOLOW the ‘way by ch ey began” "a Propot ot wale Pascal wager has been put wo the sar sectes of contemporary Eure in he public daconriee of Pope ‘Remaia XVE As the Cardinal Prec of the Congestion fo the Doctrine Fah for over twenty yarsbefirehiseecon as Pope Joseph Ranger shone an intense concera forthe calsal egy and Vabity fhe ceasing vise Europe’ The Cadnal aged T Big Fo, ad, maid by A) Kater monde Mien Sapam teh thatthe project ofa united and creative Europe woud only succeed ‘feocete reconsidered the Enlightenment proj of determining foundation for human lie and socal ode het was val ts Dns son dart (ove God dd ot ex) ad sted coca ith {he Chstan ons ofthe concep of pessoa abd comanuity us ered, at theory ia ndason to God. ‘We aust teefne evr the axiom ofthe Enlighten ‘ment ead sa): Sen the ose who doa nt suceed ‘Gndingte pat seeping the eins of God ought ‘verte wo ty toe abd wo ect se et Deus dere si God i indeed ext This the ‘ie Pua gave to hs on beeing fends ond i {he advice tar shoud le to piv ou ene ody ‘nod netbeline?™ DDurog the yeas of his poailee, Senedict XVI epee a nessa the reed or persons ad states ive and zt alt Dus dere, sad arsed ofthe cull snd anopolgi dager of solder suppressing the question of God Ths wes recy at \washappening ie post Chin Western soe, the Pope argued ‘God emaineexchded from clue ad from pubic My and th sn hm beomes more dificult, lo because weve a a world that lays appears abe of ut own making. God no longer pps ily bar seems to hve ose eiperTus, ten out of pee™ The death of God dered by thinker in wasous dcipline ia he oneal canary prodaiag a bares cu of te aun ar fom the rich undesanciog of the prs athe “image of God the fora ede non dere vesexesson to the mater T Toa ape (amet 30, cy ade eof tan, {ey Re el a ue em 208 3- Te ‘ie es ar ogo. ang fetes ra cate Fae gpa Fenpeinhcnnafoate ines, ‘cieaoe Gano ean yoni ope ‘ately tier bent_stoecneabswcubeacaaeanh buon ‘Pee campiosron sem sca Sperber 2 The soca Las Aucnlan our Booster ‘scan india: way of Living. ia which ease ees itl sel suficientes itso contemplation end the quest for « superior Tra Even whee people donc inteticnally deny tc te ets of Chistian faith a the practices of Cvtian worshin tere is ‘despre eaten in wish -poople bee ia Godin ‘Sapebcil na, bt ive et Deas aon det consdesig gous ‘mater ereevat to dali ie, deaced frome, poles! Beata Aly this way of ving produces in people an indiloence to the ques lcs of God tnd othe dgnty ofthe person eroued i ag det? Such people const a pinay fous of eflrs inthe ew svange basen premed by Celle Church nadrs ine the turn a he ailensia, ‘Allsugh Benedict as spoken of Ditch Bouoater (1905 195) ab one of the ret ness ofthe Chesan quest or rth snd a eat exp for him pesally. apd is ana wih Bou Ie peiaon wings’ he has not enplelyUinked ni ove on ‘Nou fied clare ied es Deus no dart ats Boras ‘wel Known ue of hs formua in eter to Eberhard Bete fa, “Thal prion dated 1 uy 194, The leks been rede, boweven by Presideat of the Footscal Counal for Promoting the New Eange Iaten,Accbsop Rin Haha, Lethe pope, Suche tes the eneigence athe West e soe that ves hs if God id ot ‘ct Ina manner never foreseen by Hugo Gots (1582-1645, who Introduced the fala in mocera thought, sera soiets ave Ronee Coin cutee tach nt Re hegre ‘toy teen ec currants Se 4 Rest, Gan cac, 4 Nene 2012 ome Arable st Mp scream ‘Chalten, academe 1 epee Ute ere can Soh op aba, pumice Ince nt re es naked py we ae sti a Xt Onery Grneny o a& al he ‘toe ney tenga ne Ween Cn a 2 lag anni ire One nd ete eStart Ss yass cn oo 1. fae estab Grn tare LP a Sach Kova Lees ” ‘shied from beak secuaratin o he 2s of te sate vo 2 rograrmate secular Citing the eter of 16 Fay he resp Sues tht isda to idotiy to what extent Bonhoeters ge eicandwopiay'thaghiscontrbuted tothe abiousardextrenist ‘rershon’ of ecslraton tat dominate the cotemporcy etc Tendscape ie ny cae, an exten for of sels, wich com signs eligion oa very rested place In the pirate spheres the ‘coment ip which he ne evanglsation must beuaderaken "Wonca nas preci in evarenes oft urgent need for a ‘ne evangelion inthe cotet of post was Genzany that Box ‘ck us roi sin, Des on dart, Po Bos hoofs the inhumane policies ofthe Nargis nd the apparent ‘ability of the Protestant and Catholic Churches oe aay cons {est and convincing eistnce othe poser, mus compelling dence of what he nd some hes hed pvesivedn the years betwee the ware the Goopel of Cant was act being heed (eter in Ger. ‘1a o as Bonds wavel and ecumenical Work had made is ‘eve nternational an this was pumanly Because the churches ‘noloagrlive ocommunictd tht Gogpl ect that com ‘tuncation ofthe Gospel wes cere become elie agin peak ‘ing frm the hare deo the equation ofcourse) wa necesry ‘thar the church undogp a profeund convomion,inuding new re |eonhips with those contemporanss no were non beeving and ‘non denmintional: This conversion would require a Tundactetal ‘sceptance of he fact at both balers and aon elves a Bos ‘eters society ved in post Enlighenment and pot Darwinian ‘emes of thought and thatthe church mt een sen BOW 1 6 perience and procaimthe Gospel inthis word which epee tt ‘Bus no dart. ‘nat fl, {willlocate Sonos use of he mac et Deus wo dart win the veal argues of thea theaogy ‘nthe ter pron wings whic lo iveves addretuing the gue tin ofthe felon of thet ate wetings wo Reno thelogy (general. Secondly {wil trace Bonbowlrs reception ofthis maxi, Ws Ue wetingeel Whee Dike sad ak whether acurtely ‘esse purposes for which Grats engalyemplayed it Fal Fins Ra Te Sew Burp Rpendag 1 he Og of Pigeon iain Ui Cong se 38 Theor egy Aun ral of Sate Sir {willeonsider how Ronee thought on procaimng the Worf Godin the word ome of ge contutes to our understanding of the coeterporary mission othe chur Bonhaeters Prison Theology “The fins thing to nate bout Ronoelferk tne of the maim et ‘Deu nn dare i that uf escondary insportancew bi real ‘argument Jat an the wage, + non etl and ineidetal demert ‘Pal hough in the Perse bs become he idea os Fry [scocined with his mame,” she est Des fas become ented ‘eth Bocce ram. log wth those ether mis of the pion erage the weed ere ogee Chitty ad he ‘on-rigous interpretation of eal concep. In both cae, iter: ‘xing these Heasare ingly elements ofthe concep raneork ‘excoped to bear the weight of the central conviction of Pascal and Bonhoer: the cera ofthe person of Ct in harman exience and history. As Boahoeter sitesi paradigms the lever to Bethy of 30 April 1844 What kepspoawing ate Ite question. what 5 Chai oc whe is Gis ctl for us today? “Thi rings us to the feof ermenestcs In Bonhoeter ude ‘es in particular the deci question of the elasonship athe tha> logic outlook of the te writings rom Tee prison it 944 that ‘of Boahoeles ear and more systematic thecogcl sues. Do thorefagmentay and undeteradned concepts sch a rigoniss ‘Chri and word come og? standin conti e con ‘uly with conceptual goa of Bochooe euler dsertatons 02 the camuanty of te church and to coverlnes of eatin, of the spiel meditators of hismidle yeas lke Discilsip and Lie “Tegether? re they spk fom he anv es Boake Was ba mere bythe eso terval of cael end prolonged thought {othe yas thar had ed up tthe Nas! epee?" Ihe uly ees See HR tnt ade ap PP SP {eotan en 985. 21 1 Birch ena et and pf im Disc Bebe Wate 1 Hatt eee ate nny Ser an Ca 18), he cca ivenee oo Boos heen, Fr ea) vein a atte napa Bes Sed te ges a of Banhoefors prison waiting, es collated and published 195 by his thealogialcolzague co conspats end cose personal ‘eend,Bbohard Bethe (1909-200), as eharceried byte fat that most people wee unawase of Boohoeters eer deaogkal work wah tA exption of te es manuscript whieh Bethe "od publihos io 1942. Working inthis lated perspec, coms ‘enttrsenda o alga Baers prveetve ote with theo [og postions ofthe post WWI yam In Geran where some ‘od acne to ea edttons of Soaboetors other pubeatons,s ‘hoalgia uteok as cia ete with Ke ert end the neo rtbodory movemene of with Auda Sulimaar hemmoneuts of denytholopsation." Inthe aglsh speaking work derpaethe well lance cllection fetes appeared is 195," was hevlorence tothe moti ia ‘onto te fom pein Joba AT Hodasors Hons 1 God abd Paul en Bras the Secale Moar of he Gael 1988 at ‘ett sane forthe ligament of Soroefers nan nth the death of God and secalssation theologies tht dourihas over the nox ‘ecada, are, doaboeflr dacuion ithe piso ter ofthe "end ofthe ure of rlgin” end of velgonles Chins’ was taken skid oftheclopealgaimaaton ofthe 1980s Seclarzaion ia which aden sues necsery becom et rigiout ipa, hae a ee te nas hance rs neon gee Conan te hegre ere sty Pe A SEs use encarta a) ee (cry arte fbn els Rc Cai Coa ‘Sent ueaeges cdf Wee y(n ny ‘Wacky ro om ton ar wise Mes Lg Dee Fetter. al oni seh os ‘NU Eetara Yay ct one ad en Se a there Deeta unoee We ey he 1 Sere pet rocker Seng she ries 1a Plone ya yond 5 6 1S fot at Rhea et eso sp eam Po 0 Nox ureter ured neh wes cee ob SEIESRSEE 2 Sorcha ea og sin aren A cle Teor are Wd Gace Pa oa nconn os |The anigbr ogy Aaron 9 oor Sater by vite of n ictal and teristic functional dynamin ‘ea that erent Bonoein and tothe common weet ths ern ‘ecalarseio’ in Germany in the 1950s and 0s" Miseacigs of Donhocér’ theological vue nd ecleval comnts ering ‘om this alignment of is weings ith the radical heoogis ofthe 19s, pert the psn One heoopan who mourted en ety rout agaist Cas co opting of Homboers tout vas Thames ‘Porance. Torrance Manly nteses tase ho ake eh pases ‘fom Boshoufer pesca lear: and construc them ito though ‘stems that are carteaictay to his overdl eologedl ion. Wat {gin 198, be ddares: Let see ho oes the arent lof “Boohoctie” whan rset ha rom he den dso up a thesnen garment of as exstnilaed end vcusraing Chrs 4g? grounded yon the dust asm that he overhcen"On the Catble sie the sut Hear de Labue noes that Sonbowter ‘hinkinghad boon msrepesete, even thou oneoaly bad to read ‘hott works aod the oe eters a capi to rai he mis take, Cauag Mx Thur, de inbue concludes hat Seabee had Decors he voluntary ancestor of wend which bat at aways ‘herd his pital dee" 'K wae the eagiteral biograply of Boahoetr by Eberhard ‘Begg however halay the founds ofthe schol erpeta ton of Bonbotlor in rece nes Hie stralgy of contecuaing ‘ss feeds vavou pubtestns sermons lta sad antes aia Oe cver-changing Greumiances of his ead naitry proved she. ae Gc elma ein Mu anopontn ot pre ap bocce toe ‘ind aan gent ua enya ls itt wid ive cen ft Rc ep abrint Stns ushered Bs ras, Chap NEST RAR ates aie eae 1 Hae de ans Catt on nce Pe cso Matar acne ase De 1 mos eonaa ete or goon ne ope Grist hae conde heme SSS IAS ate dean mgr ‘itn afin ep Bea oekaki re) Ste bamcpt wt Foe Rae ent for ntereeting the daca in Souboates thought Sth « mor comprehensive end expansive contmy. Sete ‘owed that tus conundy exited bo in onhofes perce ‘comtmenis ty chureh and alien end im his fundamental theo [gil peeuppostions ard Famevock ts fom ta perspucive of

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