Graciously commanded: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth on the Decalogue

This essay examines and compares the treatment of the Decalogue in the theological ethics of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It argues that while both theologians orient their exposition of the Decalogue by attending to its primary character as divine self-revelation, approach it with a view to...

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Published in:Scottish journal of theology 2018-05, Vol.71 (2), p.127-141
Main Author: Ziegler, Philip G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barth, Karl
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Christianity
Ethics
God
Imperative sentences
Old Testament
Theology
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Summary:This essay examines and compares the treatment of the Decalogue in the theological ethics of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It argues that while both theologians orient their exposition of the Decalogue by attending to its primary character as divine self-revelation, approach it with a view to a Christian ethics of divine command, and frame their understandings in decisively christological terms, they differ markedly on the extent to which the commandments themselves can and ought to be understood as representing concrete divine commands.
ISSN:0036-9306
1475-3065
DOI:10.1017/S0036930618000030