3 bonhoeffer

Question 1

obedience leadership and doing God’s will

Answer 1

costly grace is true discipleship and can only be achieved by having a single-minded obedience to the will of God, he condemns cheap grace

He strongly criticised leaders such as Hitler who placed themselves above the community, highlighting the need for leaders to serve rather than to dominate.

Question 2

justification of civil disobedience

Answer 2

BH justified civil disobedience. You have your duty to the state as the state is ordained by God. But, if the state negates itself and imposes unjust measures – it is not fulfilling the will of God and so it is justified to engage in civil disobedience.

Question 3

what was Bonhoeffer’s role in the Confessing
Church

Answer 3

Bonhoeffer was instrumental in the establishment of Karl Barth’s Confessing Church. He proclaimed Jesus Christ was the only true leader, not figures appropriating Christianity such as Hitler.

Question 4

Bonhoeffer’s own religious community
at Finkenwalde

Answer 4

Discipline
Community
Meditation
Brotherhood
Bible

dancing cats move brown bins

Question 5

bonhoeffer obedience quote

Answer 5

only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes’

the call to sicipleship is the call to obedience to the leadership of jesus christ. all christians are called to the discipleship and obedience to the leadership of christ

Question 6

what was the aryan paragraph

Answer 6

declared jews were forbidden form the church and exluded

Question 7

what was the barment declaration

Answer 7

decalred jesus as the true leader and established the confessing church.

Question 8

two types of kingdom did luther suggest

Answer 8

1. political, governed by the state and ordained by God
2. spiritual, governed by the church

Question 9

Reischkirke

Answer 9

HItler’s church based on nazi idoltry

Question 10

biblical quotes suggesting obedience to the state

Answer 10

‘give to caesar what is caesar’s’
‘blessed be the peacemakers’

Question 11

bonhoeffer book

Answer 11

the cost of discipleship

Question 12

bonhoeffer obedience comparison in bible

Answer 12

wanted single minded obedience to God’s will just as peter was compelled to in Matthew 14 ‘take courage, do not be afraid’

Question 13

bonhoeffer still relevant x4

Answer 13

1. christians still persecuted.
2. religionless christianity becomes more necessary as society becomes more materialistic. ‘spiritual corpses’
3. christianity is still being appropriated eg the russian orthodox churhc is used by Putin to enable the invasion of Ukraine
4. teaches orthopraxis rather than orthodoxy which is important in a materialistic world.

Question 14

Stanley Hauerwas on Bonhoeffer relevance

Answer 14

argued BH’s emphasis on truth was particulary needed in western democracy

Question 15

is NH relevant today NO x4

Answer 15

1. finkenwalde was short lived and BH was usually head. plus they lived far from commnity
2. BH circumstances veyr extreme, not as now
3. ethics focus on a single threat - threats are far more complex in modern western society
   4.many argue his end goal with saving jewish people was actually to convert them to christianity = he is not compatible with multi-faith

Question 16

fletcher exmaple

Answer 16

Mother Maria who gave her life to save a Jewish girl in a concentration camp.

Question 17

jesus mission to save quote

Answer 17

Luke 14 - he has sent me to set at liberty those who are oppressed.

Question 18

BH quote about chant

Answer 18

‘only he who cries out for the jews can sing the gregorian chants’

Question 19

BH proof of costly grace

Answer 19

valkyrie plot?
reutrned from new york in 1939 to be with community
helped multiple Jewish people escape from germany

Question 20

proverbs 31:8

Answer 20

who will speak up for those with no voices?

Question 21

example of duty to god over social duties bible

Answer 21

martha and mary luke 10:38 where as martha hurries to make preparations, mary sits at his feet and listens

Question 22

BH speech

Answer 22

21st jan 1934 gave a speech about proper leadership only a few days before Hitler rose to power. the sermon was on the prophet jeremiah who ‘was not eager to become a prophet of god’ and was humiliated and mocked violently for it.. he was talking of his own future that he felt llike the future God was showing him.

Question 23

BH key phrases

Answer 23

religionless christianity
spiritual corpses
Finkenwalde
costly and chepa grace

Question 24

BH puts too much emphasis on suffering YES 3

Answer 24

1. unique time - his theology came out of experiences that arent relevant to Xtianity
2. jesus’ own suffering was said to be once and for all and in palce of humans suffering for hteir sins
3. seems to ignore jesus rose form the dead to overcome suffering - no mention of hope

Question 25

BH puts to much emphasis on suffering no 3

Answer 25

1. emerged from understanding of the oppressed 2. suffering comes out of solidairty which is the approach jesus took 3. jesus called all people to follow after hima dn his suffering so the emphasis is true to the gospel message 'whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up the cross'

Question 26

how did germans mininterpret luther

Answer 26

'here i stand i can do no other' = presence is enough NO BH SAYS

Question 27

injustice quote bonhoeffer

Answer 27

We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.

Question 28

bonhoeffer book

Answer 28

the cost of discipleship

Question 29

quote about salt

Answer 29

'be like salt and light' = immerse and integrate into the community. from the sermon on the mount.

Question 30

rust swrods quote

Answer 30

'no rusty swords' = outdated or ineffective ethical attitudes and practices within the church should be discarded

Question 31

james 2:26

Answer 31

faith without works is dead

Question 32

why was finkenwalde a flop

Answer 32

-isolated -no women -ww2 specific -shut down quickly

Question 33

details about the confessing church and finkenwalde

Answer 33

outlawed by the nazis in 1937 the barmen declaration rejected governmental interference in the church and affirmed the bible as a source of authoirty finkenwalde was an illegal secret seminary and form of civil disobedience

Question 34

solidarity details

Answer 34

solidarity refers to the purpose of christian life being about relationship to god by living with and for other people this conviction is what led him to return to germany to join the resistance though he had escaped to america. he believed he would have "no right" to restore christianity in germany after the war unless he "shared the trials of his time with my people"

Question 35

crap critique of bonhoeffer

Answer 35

matthew 38 - turn the other cheek he did not turn the other cheek on hitler calvin - if you are being persecuted in a village, flee to the next one Jesus advocated for suffering evil, not fighting it. BUT THIS WAS NOT ON THE SAME SCALE. NO MORAL CHRISTIAN COULD TURN THE OTHER CHEEK TO ETHNIC CLEANSING AND GENOCIDE.

Question 36

romans 13

Answer 36

paul - rulers are "god's servant for your good" so all civil disobedience is unbiblical.

Question 37

bonhoeffer's neo-orthodox view of the bible

Answer 37

- bible is not the perfect word of god - the will of god is not a stale set of ancient ethical rules in the bible, it is alive in a christian church community

Answer 38

x

Question 39

bonhoeffer neo-orthodox quote

Answer 39

"the knowledge of jesus christ is somehting that is alive"

Question 40

critique of bonhoeffer's system justifying evil acts

Answer 40

- a moral system which justifies evil acts as god's will is dangerous as even the nazi soldiers "had god on our side" - George Bush cited Bonhoeffer to justify the war on terror - Paul Hill killed an abortion doctor whilst claiming bonhoeffer's inspiration.

Question 41

Harvey Cox

Answer 41

Bonhoeffer's theology is like a Rorschach test, suggesting it reveals the reader's presuppositions and might provide an excuse to do what one wants.

Question 42

bonhoeffer's quote defining cheap grace

Answer 42

"cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without jesus christ"

Answer 43

x

Question 43

non-violent resistance

Answer 43

successful eg MLK and Ghandi's liberation of india jesus' pacifism worked as he was raised from the dead, dying pacifistically.

Question 44

**S**ALT yyyyyn | cg, bhcd, ob, den, sp, j2,v,,, pes

Answer 44

1. discipleship requires suffering costly grace, faith = commitment "when christ calls a man, he bids him come and die" - cost of discipleship link suffering to obedience Matthew 10:38 "you must deny yourselves and take up the cross" christians who avoid consequential suffering are "spiritual corpses" as james 2:26 says "faith without works is dead" eg valkyrie plot HOWEVER can be too pessimistic as it is crisis theology -> prioritises suffering over joy and grace whilst suffering is central

Question 45

S**A**LT yyyy y n yy | nrs, act, sp, spo, cri, ras, pol, bb, roc

Answer 45

2. despite context shaping his theology, his emphasis is on ACTION doesnt mean suffering has to come out of obedience "no rusty swords" xtianity is active not passive is his main idea but to be active in BH's context meant to suffer. 1934 speech references Jeremiah and calls hitler a mis-leader. Finkenwalde (community) "drive a spoke in the wheel itself" "only he who cries out for the jews can sing the gregorian chants" = LARRY RASMUSSEN, bonhoeffer did not glorify suffering but it was a product of activism HOWEVER, some may say this view is too contextual and risks xtianity's politicisation. perhaps not as practical in todays context. but Boff and Boff rebut saying a focus on resisting oppression is uiversally applicable EG Modern Orthodox church justifying inv of ukraine/ white evangelical denominations in favour of trump

Question 46

SA**L**T . yy ny | th, de, jex, rat, s l, fin

Answer 46

3. catholic church has a theology of suffering as a means of solidarity DeGruchy agrees BH's theology is "christo-centric". aligns with key passages eg healing blind man, sitting with marginalised HOWEVER, Cardinal Ratzinger - xtianity should focus on the resurrection more than suffering - grace, hope renewal. BUT xtians must permeate the community "salt and light" - suffering not about despair but transformative action eg finkenwalde

Question 47

SAL**T** yy n y | lut, kin, rel, molt, rass

Answer 47

4. BH puts right amount of emphasis as he is warning against the consq of passibity. critiques german christians who misinterpreted Luther's "here i stand, i can do no other" and that the political and spiritual kingdoms were not different. "religionless chritianity" led to the holocaust. HOWEVER bonhoeffer may be too extreme, Moltmann says excessive focus on suffering when xtianity is about hope. BUT Larry Rasmusssen, if bonhoeffer had survived, his theology may have evolved to include more joy.