Bonhoeffer and the Responsibility for a Coming Generation: Doing Theology in a Time Out of Joint (T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567711110 ISBN 13: 9780567711113

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2026

Synopsis

This volume draws together a selection of high-quality presentations at the 13th International Bonhoeffer Congress held in January 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The theme of the conference was “How a coming generation is to go on living? Bonhoeffer and the response to our present crisis and hope.” The selected essays engage thoroughly and creatively with this concern to take responsibility not only for our own personal and communal life in all of its complexity and richness but also for the ethos and society that future generations will inherit from us. The pertinence of Bonhoeffer’s question is addressed in these contributions anew as we experience threats on a global level to socio-political, economic and inter-religious stability and solidarity. Attention is also given to some important challenges experienced in the so-called global South, and the reality of climate change and ecological devastation implies that the question of how future generations are going to go on living is linked to the fact that we live on a planet that is in jeopardy. Also included as an appendix is the powerful sermon preached by the South African Anglican archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba at the opening worship service of the congress.

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About the Authors

Robert Vosloo is Professor of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Teddy Sakupapa is Senior Lecturer in Ecumenical Studies and Social Ethics, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Karola Radler has a professional background in German jurisprudence and is a Research Associate in Systematic Theology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. She has been published internationally in Germany, South Africa, Australia and Canada.

Ashwin Thyssen is Junior Lecturer of Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567711110
• ISBN 13: 9780567711113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Vosloo Robert