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Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity in Conversation with Islamic Scholarship

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The chapter explores the key and most memorable notion, Religionless Christianity, from the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, drawing it into conversation with similar dispositions to be found in the theologies of select Muslim scholars. The chapter furthermore analyses elements of radical Islamism through the eyes of the experiences of a Reich Church that led Bonhoeffer to such a seemingly radical notion. It concludes with reflections on how Bonhoeffer might have applied his thinking to contemporary issues and events.

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Editor’s Note: This chapter is reprinted with permission from ATF Australia. It first appeared in The Bonhoeffer Legacy: An International Journal, 6(2), 2018, 13–32.

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Lovat, T. (2023). Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity in Conversation with Islamic Scholarship. In: Rayson, D. (eds) Education, Religion, and Ethics – A Scholarly Collection . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24719-4_11

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