Description: This collection of essays explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer's cruciform theology in relation to other theological perspectives and contemporary ethical challenges.
Brief description: Michael Mawson is Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Review Quotes:
"In Dietrich Bonhoeffer studies it is common to use the expression, 'Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer'. This selection of essays by one of the field's leading scholars is a study in the meaning of that phrase. The range of topics and scholars that Mawson engages here demonstrates dexterity with Bonhoeffer's thought allows for a very rich and constructive engagement with him." --Reggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA
"Mawson's Standing under the Cross presents a collection of excellent essays on Bonhoeffer's theology that vividly reminds us that doing theology in our trying times means living the truth in love, with courage and joy. Through a passionate, creative, and scholarly conversation with Bonhoeffer, these essays open fresh perspectives on themes such as reading and embodying Scripture, vulnerable bodily life and grace, and community and cruciform living. Highly recommended!" --Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch University, South Africa "Mawson has journeyed with Bonhoeffer for two decades, across continents, through his academic career and lifelong ministry. This latest work demonstrates his long-term scholarship on Bonhoeffer and his critics, including contemporary works that engage important issues with which good theology must wrestle. As Mawson demonstrates, Bonhoeffer provides a hermeneutical key to do so. This important book deserves the wide readership it will attract largely because of Mawson's attentive scholarship and his clear and accessible writing." --Dianne Rayson, Pacific Theological College, Fiji