This article brings Bonhoeffer into conversation with the Benedict Option in order to analyse the inner logic of neo-monasticism. Both contend that missional faithfulness in a post-Christian context requires the church to abandon the pursuit of power, a task that lies at the heart of the neo-monastic posture. But Bonhoeffer does so while remaining alert to the great temptation of monasticism. The temptation is not merely that the church becomes sectarian. The more serious problem has to do with the way the church’s separation from culture is theologically construed. This article suggests that whereas the Benedict Option is grounded in a Christ-idea, Bonhoeffer’s neo-monasticism is grounded in Christ himself. The temptation, in other words, is that ideology becomes confused with Christology. Following Bonhoeffer, this article claims that confusion on this point risks embroiling the church in the very power games that neo-monasticism attempts to avoid. Whereas ideologically grounded neo-monasticism must confront the world in the mode of conflict, Christologically grounded neo-monasticism is free from the temptation of power, and from this posture authentic witness becomes possible.

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朋霍费尔与本笃选择：后基督教世界中修道的使命

本文将朋霍费尔与本尼迪克特选项进行对话，以分析新修道主义的内在逻辑。两者都认为，后基督教背景下的传教忠诚要求教会放弃对权力的追求，这是新修道院姿态的核心任务。但朋霍费尔这样做的同时，对修道主义的巨大诱惑保持警惕。诱惑不仅仅是教会变得宗派化。更严重的问题与教会与文化的分离在神学上的解释方式有关。这篇文章表明，虽然本尼迪克特选项以基督观念为基础，但朋霍费尔的新修道主义却以基督本人为基础。换句话说，诱惑是意识形态与基督论混淆了。继朋霍费尔之后，本文声称，在这一点上的混淆可能会使教会卷入新修道主义试图避免的权力游戏。以意识形态为基础的新修道主义必须以冲突的方式面对世界，而以基督论为基础的新修道主义则不受权力的诱惑，从这种姿态，真实的见证成为可能。