Bibliography Author: Lisa Dahill

THEOLOGY

Lisa Dahill "Christ in Us: A Response to Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen" 34 In Currents in Theology and Mission. vol. 2, April 2007 : 97-100

Originally presented as a response to a lecture given by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 2006, this essay contributes in its own right to the conversation on Lutheran spirituality nourished by the last three decades of Finnish Luther scholarship around questions of theosis. It explores these motifs with a particular focus on desire, eros, and intimacy as neglected dimensions of an authentically Lutheran spirituality.

THEOLOGY

Lisa Dahill "Bonhoeffer’s Late Spirituality: Challenge, Limit, and Treasure" In Journal of Lutheran Ethics. December 2006 http://www.elca.org/jle/article.asp?k=683

This essay takes further the ―Christmas‖ motif as a metaphor of Bonhoeffer‘s Lutheran spirituality. Condensed from lectures given at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA, and Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Ontario, it focuses on the last five years of Bonhoeffer‘s life and the intensifying of the incarnational heart of his experience of Jesus Christ in the face of not only profound suffering and evil, but the radiance of love.

THEOLOGY

Lisa Dahill "Bonhoeffer and Resistance to Evil" In Journal of Lutheran Ethics. July 2003 http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/article.asp?aid=59

This article explores ten strategies – some counter-intuitive – by which I see Bonhoeffer engaged in resisting various dimensions of the Nazi worldview and complicity with evil. It includes implications for our own resistance and context.

THEOLOGY

Lisa Dahill "Probing the Will of God: Bonhoeffer and Discernment" 41 In Dialog. vol. 1, Spring 2002

Discernment refers to the complex practice of learning, as an individual or community, to attend to the voice and leading of the Spirit in one‘s own life and context. This practice was central to Bonhoeffer‘s spirituality as he sought to remain attentive to God‘s presence and guidance in the unprecedented and morally chaotic world of Nazi Germany. This essay traces central elements of Bonhoeffer‘s experience of discernment as an initial contribution to a broader Lutheran understanding of this practice.

THEOLOGY

Lisa Dahill "Spirituality in Lutheran Perspective: Much to Offer, Much to Learn" Winter In Word & World. no. 18, 1998

Provides a Lutheran definition of spirituality and introduces readers to the academic study of Christian spirituality.