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Coles Proclaiming the Present Christ: Bonhoeffer, Church and Politics in Northern Ireland at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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This is the first major study to bring Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology into sustained dialogue with the Northern Irish context . There, a deeply divided society continues to wrestle with the legacy of decades of violence and ongoing political uncertainty. In this context, churches have often been shaped by four recurrent temptations: Christian nationalism, political quietism, triumphalism, and victimhood. Centring on Bonhoeffer's understanding of the living presence of Jesus Christ, Wilson argues that the church's vocation to proclaim the present Christ is decisive for resisting the pressures that have distorted Christian witness in divided societies. Developing a Christ-centred theology of proclamation, the book offers a dogmatically grounded and contextually attentive response to nationalism and conflict. It critiques the theological minimalism that has characterised many Irish theological responses and proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christ's presence, agency, and self-disclosure in proclamation and Scripture. While focused on Northern Ireland, this study provides a highly instructive case for churches elsewhere facing similar entanglements of faith, politics, and identity. By reorienting political theology around the present Christ, it makes a significant contribution to contemporary Bonhoeffer studies and to global conversations on Christian responses to conflict and division.
This is the first major study to bring Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology into sustained dialogue with the Northern Irish context . There, a deeply divided society continues to wrestle with the legacy of decades of violence and ongoing political uncertainty. In this context, churches have often been shaped by four recurrent temptations: Christian nationalism, political quietism, triumphalism, and victimhood. Centring on Bonhoeffer's understanding of the living presence of Jesus Christ, Wilson argues that the church's vocation to proclaim the present Christ is decisive for resisting the pressures that have distorted Christian witness in divided societies. Developing a Christ-centred theology of proclamation, the book offers a dogmatically grounded and contextually attentive response to nationalism and conflict. It critiques the theological minimalism that has characterised many Irish theological responses and proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christ's presence, agency, and self-disclosure in proclamation and Scripture. While focused on Northern Ireland, this study provides a highly instructive case for churches elsewhere facing similar entanglements of faith, politics, and identity. By reorienting political theology around the present Christ, it makes a significant contribution to contemporary Bonhoeffer studies and to global conversations on Christian responses to conflict and division.
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