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The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military
ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
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The Ethics of Authoritarianism in Christian Perspective
ABSTRACT We look here at the characteristics of authoritarian government in the context of constitutional democracies and argue that its operative ethical system in public policy is egoism, with its supporters constituting a collective ego complicit in the undemocratic and Machiavellian practices used to sustain power and the authority of leadership to
James M. Childs
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Anotaciones sobre el concepto de religión en los textos barcelonenses de D. Bonhoeffer
La siguiente nota pretende aportar algunas sugerencias para una posible profundización en el concepto de religión para F. Bonhoeffer. De esta forma, las anotaciones son casi esquemáticas y sencillas, sin exponer de forma amplia, simplemente con el fin de
José Joaquín Alemany
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“To ask essential questions?” Bonhoeffer, America, South Africa [PDF]
The first part of the essay is a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer’s visits to America. His essays reflecting on these visits will be probed in the second part, where the focus will particularly be on the essay that Bonhoeffer wrote at the end of his ...
Henco van der Westhuizen
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ABSTRACT In recent years, Orthodox Christianity has gained increasing visibility in global discussions on social ethics, encompassing issues such as climate change, environmental protection, peace, and human rights. The following paper examines the underlying metaethical framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Social Ethos Document, analyzing how it
Alexander Kriebitz, Stefanos Athanasiou
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O dia 9 de abril de 1995 marcou o cinquentenário da morte do pastor e teólogo Dietrich Bonhoeffer no campo de concentração nazista de Flossenburg.
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Violence and non-violence in Bonhoeffer's theology
At 2013 a new debate started about whether Bonhoeffer, who in his mid-twenties turned into a devoted pacifist Christian changed his mind later as agreeing to kill Hitler or stayed a representative of non-violence until his violent death.
András Csepregi
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Fatal Coincidences in 1933. Nazism’s Triumph and Martin Luther’s 450th Birthday
Three matters are discussed in this essay: First, the question why the vast majority of German Protestants were so enthusiastic when Hitler came to power; second, how the German Christians who were closely associated with the Nazi party celebrated ...
Hartmut Lehmann
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: ’n Lewe in die voetspore van Christus
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A life in the footsteps of Christ. The life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a life devoted to the following of Jesus Christ. This article aims to contextualise Bonhoeffer’s thoughts concerning discipleship against the background of Nazi ...
Robert Jones
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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