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Sanctorum Communio, available for the first time in its entirety in English, includes all material omitted from the original 1930 German publication. Bonhoeffer’s doctoral dissertation sets out the theology of sociality that informed all his work, engaging social philosophy and sociology to interpret the church as “Christ existing as church-community.” Here are the roots of his commitment to the...

EVERY CONCEPT of community is essentially related to a concept of person. It is impossible to say what constitutes community without asking what constitutes a person. Since the purpose of this study is to understand a particular concept of community, namely that of the sanctorum communio,
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