Dietrich Bonhoeffer Refuting Carl Schmitt's Dezision: A Comparative Study on ""Decisions""

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Dr Karola Radler (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Refuting Carl Schmitt's Dezision

A Comparative Study on ""Decisions""

Dr Karola Radler (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
24 July 2025

Theology

Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics

Radler examines Bonhoeffer’s and Schmitt’s intellectual paradigms of thought of theology and jurisprudence. Whilst both thinkers encounter constitutional institutional models, they arrive at opposing conclusions and actions. This book tackles how they approach the indicators for a decision of choices between alternatives, the urgency of resolving the problems at hand, the intended goal, and the following active manifestation in Christ.

Radler reveals how Schmitt's form of Dezision, resting on a linear model of history, abstracts metaphysical content from objective normative evaluation and, in support of a human personality representing the idea of Christ, elevates the significance of the self over content and subject in structural analogy to theological dogma. On the other hand, Bonhoeffer's theology repudiates Schmitt's political-jurisprudential position, contesting that history ultimately focuses on leading to human wholeness through reconciliation.

By: Dr Karola Radler (University of Stellenbosch South Africa)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780567714596
ISBN 10: 0567714594
Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 24 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction: The Scope of the Question of “Decision” Chapter 1 The “Weimar” Context: Between Ideology and Confession Chapter 2 The Krisis: A Conceptual Problem for Decision Chapter 3 The Decision: The Ent-Scheidung's Structural Notions Decision as Forced Unity or Reconciled Wholeness? Afterword: “Who are you?” Bibliography Person Index Subject Index

Karola Radler is a retired German judge and Research Associate in Systematic Theology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Reviews for Dietrich Bonhoeffer Refuting Carl Schmitt's Dezision: A Comparative Study on ""Decisions""

Radler’s work on Bonhoeffer and Schmitt offers a timely and groundbreaking contribution. As a native German speaker, with dual expertise in theology and jurisprudence, she illuminates subtle and important elements to Bonhoeffer’s critical engagement with Schmitt’s notion of Dezision. This book is a must-read for scholars of Bonhoeffer, Schmitt, and persons working in political theology. * Dion A. Forster, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands * With her professional background in German jurisprudence and her thorough academic approach, Karola Radler has produced a ground-breaking study on the intellectual paradigms characterizing the thought of the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the jurist Carl Schmitt. This in-depth analysis brilliantly casts light on their diverging views on decision in the context of the emerging National Socialist ideology in Germany. In the process it also hauntingly displays – given our current geopolitical realities – the alternatives facing us in our discourses on political theology today. This excellent study invites, and will reward, serious intellectual and interdisciplinary engagement. Highly recommended! * Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch University, South Africa *