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Acting for others : Trinitarian communion and christological agency / Michaela Kušnieriková ; foreword by Paul R. Hinlicky.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerging scholarsDescription: xvii, 209 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781506423432
  • 1506423434
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 262.001 23
LOC classification:
  • BV600.3 .K87 2017
Contents:
The church as a family in Arendt -- The church as a patriarchal family in Bonhoeffer -- Christian acting in Bonhoeffer -- Christian acting in Stăniloae -- A place of acting: Arendt, Bonhoeffer, and Stăniloae in conversation -- Conclusion: Christian agency and Christian community.
Summary: This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient. In this, Arendt's concept of action and her criticism of privatizing the public political space by viewing it as a family are engaged through Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology and political theology and Stăniloae's triadology and theology of the world. The roots of the different views of Arendt and Bonhoeffer on family symbolism are traced to their distinct notions of acting. Human action becomes the central theme of the debate--particularly influenced by the Eastern Orthodox ecumenist Stăniloae and his vision of the communal relationship and interactivity of human subjects, and their place in the world. Synthesizing Bonhoeffer and Stăniloae, Christian calling is unfolded not only as acting for others, but also with others as Trinitarian participatory response--response to the words and deeds of the three divine Persons acting in communion. In being drawn into these unique relations, human beings are empowered for communal and common acting of equals participating in public-political issues. Since the family metaphor fails to articulate such acting, this study complements this symbolism with the metaphor of the church as a political community of solidarity--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.

The church as a family in Arendt -- The church as a patriarchal family in Bonhoeffer -- Christian acting in Bonhoeffer -- Christian acting in Stăniloae -- A place of acting: Arendt, Bonhoeffer, and Stăniloae in conversation -- Conclusion: Christian agency and Christian community.

This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient. In this, Arendt's concept of action and her criticism of privatizing the public political space by viewing it as a family are engaged through Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology and political theology and Stăniloae's triadology and theology of the world. The roots of the different views of Arendt and Bonhoeffer on family symbolism are traced to their distinct notions of acting. Human action becomes the central theme of the debate--particularly influenced by the Eastern Orthodox ecumenist Stăniloae and his vision of the communal relationship and interactivity of human subjects, and their place in the world. Synthesizing Bonhoeffer and Stăniloae, Christian calling is unfolded not only as acting for others, but also with others as Trinitarian participatory response--response to the words and deeds of the three divine Persons acting in communion. In being drawn into these unique relations, human beings are empowered for communal and common acting of equals participating in public-political issues. Since the family metaphor fails to articulate such acting, this study complements this symbolism with the metaphor of the church as a political community of solidarity--

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