Tag: suffering
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On Temptation (Versuchung) in Bonhoeffer (II)
This post is the second of two examining Bonhoeffer’s theology of temptation as reflected in his essay, “Bible Study on Temptation, June 20–25, 1938,” found in the English edition of Bonhoeffer’s Works (vol. 15, pp. 386-415). Click here to view part one, which covers the first part of the essay—a more conceptual treatment of the concept of […]
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On Temptation (Versuchung) in Bonhoeffer (I)
The reading from the New Testament on Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, comes from Luke 4:1-13. This pericope concerns the temptation of Christ by the devil while he was in the wilderness. On reading commentaries about this passage, I came across multiple references to Bonhoeffer’s essay, “Temptation,” found in various places and translated in […]
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Jesus as Victim of Sexual Humiliation & Assault
Preliminary Thoughts with Tombs and Bonhoeffer 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,l and they gathered the whole cohort around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put […]
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Healing and the Promise (2016-2017)
What you will read below is a time capsule—containing some of some of my earlier writing. it is a continuation of previous reflections.
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Suffering and the Promise (2015-2016)
This is a collection of posts, originally published in three installments in late 2015 and early 2016. What follows is an edited version. What’s remarkable to me—writing in August 2021—is how much my views have changed, and how much consistency yet remains. I hope this collection of reflections benefits you in some way.
Keanu Heydari 