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Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the necessity of kenosis for scriptural hermeneutics

2018; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 71; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0036930618000625

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Nadine Hamilton,

Theological Perspectives and Practices

Abstract It is the argument of this article that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's hermeneutical approach understands creaturely existence to be truly held by the Word made flesh as the risen Christ, who is still wholly human and therefore truly present in creation. Therefore, this article argues with Dietrich Bonhoeffer that, for a viable theological hermeneutics, it is critically necessary to consider the kenotic movement of the risen Christ, not only for a proper understanding of holy scripture in its genuine humanness, but also for an understanding of the new creation as taking place in reconciled creatures through the Word.