Bonhoeffer and the Worldliness of Christianity | The Barry Harvey Interview

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In this interview with Dr. Barry Harvey, he discusses his latest book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
About Barry's book "Taking Hold of the Real - Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldliness of Christianity" (snip.ly/ucca3):
Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes in one of his last prison letters that he had "come to know and understand more and more the profound this-worldliness of Christianity." In Taking Hold of the Real, Barry Harvey engages in constructive conversation with Bonhoeffer, contending that the "shallow and banal this-worldliness" of modern society is ordered to a significant degree around the social technologies of religion, culture, and race. These mechanisms displace human beings from their traditional connections with particular locales, and relocate them in their "proper places" as determined by the nation-state and capitalist markets. Christians are called to participate in the profound this-worldliness that breaks into the world in the apocalyptic action of Jesus Christ, a form of life that requires discipline and an understanding of death and resurrection. The church is a sacrament of this new humanity, performing for all to hear the polyphony of life that was prefigured in the Old Testament and now is realized in Christ. Unable to find a faithful form of this-worldliness in wartime Germany, Bonhoeffer joined the conspiracy against Hitler, a decision aptly contrasted with a small French church that, prepared by its life together over many generations, saved thousands of Jewish lives.
Barry Harvey is Professor of Theology in the Honors College and the Graduate Program in Religion at Baylor University. His other books include Politics of the Theological, Another City, and Can These Bones Live? He has served on the Board of the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section, and the Editorial Board of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works.
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[@markjohnson9455]

He had the courage and faith to return to Germany in the Nazi era because it would have been so easy for him to stay the safety of America. Knowing what God's will and obeying are two different things. I am guilty of that.

[@doulos77]

Enjoyed this

[@vivianrix9485]

William Wordsworth said, yes, "the world is too much with us".

[@PK-mm8zc]

Excellent!

[@jameshardin4895]

just remembered a saying... That New Speak has cut out... 'Can't Fix Stupid'... i can only think of one way to free someone from their stupidity... UBI... if you can't talked sense into Stupid, Money Talks, ______ Walks... if their getting some piece of the Pie, they won't want to destroy the Oven, or the Cook... and money is freedom... That's another problem, you not allowed to call people Stupid... like Deplorable...

[@jeanettedean2514]

why would you puzzle over why he was such a remarkable person?

[@andrewzook8648]

Wow, his description of the German Christians is so relevant to today (2019) and trumpism. A large part of his base is synonymous in belief and action to these German Christians and their overt mixing of nationalism and "christianity".

[@Fedproman]

I have thought the same thing for a long time.

[@joshuapjung]

This is a great observation. I could not agree more.

[@paulkeniston5699]

Yes. Like how they relentlessly incarcerate and/or pubicly humliate supposed "enemies of the state' through false evidence and baseless accusation! Wait-thats being done by the Anti-Trump movement-never mind. WoW

[@joshuapjung]

Paul Keniston You okay man?

[@Magilla_Gorilla7.62x39]

The comparison that you draw Zook needs great reconsideration. at the moment, you are a fool.

[@bradweir5579]

I don't think there's anything holy about war. Blessed are the peacemakers, but yes Ukraine does seem to have God on their side and I hope it's not propaganda.