Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological Reinterpretation of Heidegger

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was the intellectual progeny of the competing liberal and dialectical theological camps of his time. Yet he found both camps incapable of properly accounting for Christ’s relation to time and history, which both grounds their conflict and generates further theological problems, both theoretical and practical. In this book Nik Byle argues that Bonhoeffer was able to mine Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time for material theologically useful for moving beyond this impasse.Bonhoeffer sifts through Heidegger’s analysis of human existence and finds a number of moves and concepts useful to theology. These include Heidegger’s emphasis on anthropology over epistemology, his position that one must begin with concrete existence, and that human existence is fundamentally temporal. Bonhoeffer must, however, reject other hallmark concepts, such as authenticity and Heidegger’s entire anthropocentric method, that would threaten the legitimate theological use of Heidegger.Making the appropriate theological alterations, Bonhoeffer applies the useful elements from Heidegger to his Christocentric theology. Essentially, Christ and the church become fundamentally temporal and historical in the same way that human existence is for Heidegger. This sets a new foundation for Bonhoeffer’s Christology with concomitant effects in his ecclesiology, sacramentalism, theological anthropology, and epistemology.

Editorial Reviews Review

“This is the best study of Bonhoeffer’s engagement with Heidegger to date. It is also highly recommended for anyone interested in Heidegger’s reception history or in the vital, ongoing relationship between theology and continental philosophy.” ―Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion

“The theology of the Protestant reformation began with Martin Luther’s disputation with scholastic theology which challenged the extent to which it had become improperly enthralled by philosophy. In the mid-twentieth century, that dispute was back at the top of the agenda for the young Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In Nik Byle’s brilliant study of Bonhoeffer’s intense and formative engagement with the philosophy of Martin Heidegger we have a case study of how a genuinely Protestant theologian truly can make constructive use of philosophy without losing either its soul, or its mind.” ―Stephen J. Plant, University of Cambridge

“Of all contemporary philosophers, Bonhoeffer was most influenced by Martin Heidegger. Nicholas Byle's brilliant study shows in which regard and how far. Every student of Bonhoeffer interested in the early Bonhoeffer should read Byle's nuanced analysis.” ―Christiane Tietz, University of Zurich

“Overall, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Reinterpretation of Heidegger offers an incisive analysis of not only the interplay between Bonhoeffer and Heidegger, but also between theology and philosophy as disciplines.” ―Reading Religion

“In Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Reinterpretation of Heidegger, Nik Byle successfully shows howBonhoeffer repurposed the best of secular philosophy for theological use. Byle offers a deep, well-researched contribution to the literature surrounding the work of Bonhoeffer. Although focused primarily onBonhoeffer’s analysis of the problem of act and being, this book provides Christians and non-Christiansalike an example of how philosophy and theology can productively interact with foundational problems of human existence, all while remaining committed to mutually exclusive truth claims.” ―VoegelinView

About the Author Nik Byle is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Arizona Western College.