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T.& T.Clark Ltd
22 February 2024
Hyun Joo Kim claims that Bonhoeffer transforms and reconstructs the Augustinian doctrine of original sin by shifting the hamartiological premise from the doctrine of God to the doctrine of the church based on his Lutheran resources. In Bonhoeffer’s view, Augustine’s doctrine of original sin does not fully relate the doctrine of sin to the responsibility of the saints. In order to reform Augustinian hamartiology, Bonhoeffer appropriates Augustine’s notion of the church as the whole Christ (totus Christus), which is located in Augustine’s ecclesiology.

Kim explicates how Augustine relates his epistemological premises in his Christianized Platonism to his formulation of the doctrine of original sin, and examines how Luther’s Christocentric standpoint transforms Augustine’s anthropology and ultimately leads Luther to his relational hamartiology. Kim contends that Bonhoeffer’s later hamartiology and ethics contain the most distinctive characteristics of Bonhoeffer’s doctrine of sin, in that he not only incorporates both the active and passive dimensions of sin, but also intensifies his continuing notion of “vicarious representative action” towards the church community.

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Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9780567706621
ISBN 10:   0567706621
Series:   T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics
Pages:   232
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Augustine of Hippo's Doctrine of Original Sin Chapter 2 Martin Luther's Christocentric Hamartiology Chapter 3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ecclesiocentric Hamartiology in Sanctorum Communio Chapter 4 Bonhoeffer's Exegesis of the Creation and the Fall Chapter 5 Bonhoeffer's Later Hamartiology and Ethics Chapter 6: Conclusion: Bonhoeffer’s Hamartiological Legacy Conclusion Bibliography

Hyun Joo Kim is a lecturer in the Department of Systematic Theology at Torch Trinity Graduate University in Seoul, Korea.

Reviews for Bearing Sin as Church Community: Bonhoeffer's Hamartiology

Bonhoeffer appears as a highly creative inheritor of the western doctrine of sin in Kim's marvellously clear narration of the historical development of this central Christian doctrine. In doing so she makes intelligible one of the most difficult and misused and yet central ideas in Bonhoeffer's writings, vicarious representative action. --Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK Rigorous, learned and creative, Hyun Joo Kim's work represents not only an important new reading of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's thought, but also a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the doctrine of sin. Tracing Bonhoeffer's critical development of Augustinian and Lutheran thought, Kim discovers an account of sin that takes seriously human existence in and for community. She ably demonstrates Bonhoeffer's continuing relevance for Christian communities as they navigate the complexities of responsibility in relation to sin and evil. --Rachel Muers, University of Leeds, UK


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