Dorothee Soelle - Mystic and Rebel: The Biography - Hardcover

Martin H. Rumscheidt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800698088 ISBN 13: 9780800698089

Publisher: 1517 Media; Fortress Press, 2012

Synopsis

Dorothee Soelle Renate Wind has composed a well-researched and searching biography of Dorothee Soelle (1929-2003), who became one of the most prolific and widely read theologians of the postwar period and a true religious provocateur. Winds short and insightful biography is informed by extensive interviews with Soelles friends and family, especially her husband, Fulbert Steffensky, by use of the familys archives, Full description

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This is a searching biography of a woman who became a true religious provocateur and one of the most prolific and widely read theologians of the postwar period.

Review:

"Dorothee Soelle was one of the most evocative (and provocative!) voices in the Christian theological discourse of our era. Influenced by some of the leading thinkers of the 20th century (Gogarten, Kaesemann, Buber, Heidegger and others), and shocked into action by the post-war revelations about her nation and society, Soelle realized more than most that the 'theology of the cross' is a political theology. Renate Wind's biography, in this excellent translation, is a much-needed and lucid guide to the works of this inspired and fearless Christian witness." -- Douglas John Hall "McGill University"

About this edition

• Publisher: 1517 Media; Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0800698088
• ISBN 13: 9780800698089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224