Chapter 2 is a series of prescriptions on the activities a Christian fellowship should do in order to grow as a community. 30).Ĭhapters 2 and 3 talks about communal and individual living. After all, ‘Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realise it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate’ (p. He also helpfully addresses the issue of Christians having an ideal of what a Christian brotherhood should look like, saying its inevitable ugliness and messiness is a place for God’s grace to be displayed. He writes that ‘our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to both of us’ (p. In chapter 1, he writes about the necessity of community and defines the term. With only five chapters, this book about Christian community is short, but Bonhoeffer is incisive in his observations, being firm, yet gentle as he identifies potential pitfalls and offers prescriptions. In this book, Bonhoeffer explores the importance of Christian community, what one such community looks like, and the challenges it will face. Doing Christian community well is difficult, for where people are involved, people will get hurt.
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