An innovative study of the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which elucidates that his work teaches and represents a Christian humanism that is also present in the wider Christian tradition.

• 1: Bonhoeffer and the Idea of Christian Humanism


• 2: Bonhoeffer's Theological Anthropology and the Greater Tradition I


• 3: Bonhoeffer's Theological Anthropology and the Greater Tradition II


• 4: In God's Image: From Sicut Dei to Imago Dei


• 5: Bonhoeffer's Hermeneutic Theology


• 6: Living Freely Before God: Christian Humanist Ethics


• 7: The Vulnerability of the Word: Bonhoeffer's Biblical Hermeneutics


• 8: Recovering the Natural: Humanizing Politics


• 9: Conclusion: The Continuing Relevance of Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism


• Bibliography

Jens Zimmermann was born and raised in Germany. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a PhD in Philosophy from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. He currently occupies the position of Canada Research Chair in Interpretation, Religion and Culture, and is Professor of English at Trinity Western University (TWU) in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. His publications include Humanism and Religion: A Call for the Renewal of Western Culture (2012).