Dohnanyi summed up their work and spirit with apt simplicity when he said that they were on the path that a decent person inevitably takes. His letters and papers from prison, published posthumously in. Dietrich bonhoeffer, letters and papers from prison p 7. Apr 05, 2020 dietrich bonhoeffer, german protestant theologian important for his support of ecumenism and his view of christianitys role in a secular world. Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy paperback aug 29 2011. Wikipedia karl friedrich bonhoeffer from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia karl friedrich bonhoeffer bonhoeffer,karl friedrich 1928 munchen.
Dohnanyi protected dietrich bonhoeffer from conscription by bringing him into the abwehr with the claim. Over against this, bonhoeffer insists that only the risen one makes possible the presence of the living person and thus provides the necessary condition for christology 45. Dietrich bonhoeffer reading room tyndale university. Both men and those closest to them deserve to be remembered and honored. This it does, and in addition is a very readable short introduction to the two men and their importance. With the upper lens you read the metaxas of the book, an engaging narrative by an experienced writer who presents bonhoeffer as a christian hero led by god to struggle against an evil regime and against his wayward church.
Dietrich bonhoeffer books biography and list of works. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of no ordinary men. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. This is a brief but important joint biography of the antinazi resisters, the brothersinlaw rev. This page is designed to help make writings on and by dietrich bonhoeffer available to those without easy access to a theological library. Here, dietrich bonhoeffer was executed by hanging at dawn on 9 april 1945, just three weeks before the liberation of the city. Metaxas bonhoeffer is a monumental achievement and a deeply important work. In prison and concentration camps, bonhoeffer greatly inspired by his indomitable courage, his unselfishness and his goodness, all those who came in contact with him. Bonhoeffer opposed nazi racial thought and fought the nazis efforts to control the german protestant churches. Bonhoeffers story is well known, but hanss much less so.
Dietrich bonhoeffer project gutenberg selfpublishing. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, this new critical edition features an insightful introduction by clifford green and an afterword from the german editions editors. His close friend eberhard bethge was quite proficient on the flute and introduced bonhoeffer to what became some of the latters favorite music. A biography, 1975, p 155 slack, george bell, scm, 1971, pp 9394. Eric metaxas has written a rich, detailed, and beautiful account of the great pastor and theologian who gave us the cost of discipleship and sacrificed his life for opposing hitler. Dietrich bonhoeffer 19061945 was a lutheran pastor and theologian living in germany during world war ii. Bonhoeffer, which includes memoirs about bonhoeffer. Nichols, justin taylor dietrich bonhoeffer died a martyrs death at the age of 39 but remains one of the most influential and challenging theologians of our time. This book details the moral imperative that caused these two men, supported by their family, to resist the moral depravity of nazism before and. Author calls dietrich bonhoeffer a man of staggering. The christology of dietrich bonhoeffer 5 view jesus only as a historical figure of the past whose influence somehow affects us.
Oct 15, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. No ordinary men by fritz stern penguin books new zealand. One can now hope the new book will help rescue from obscurity the essential contributions he made to the german resistance movement. The third bonhoeffer child, klaus, was involved in the 20 july plot to assassinate adolf hitler, along with dietrich. This was also true for his friend and brotherinlaw, dietrich bonhoeffer. He was one of the organizers of the confessing church in germany, along with karl barth and others who actively opposed the regime of adolf hitler and the nazi oppression of the jews. Discussing his recent and critically acclaimed book on dietrich bonhoeffer. Dietrich bonhoeffer has become a symbol of christian resistance, and his twin sister describes this extraordinary family which sacrificed four of its men. The ethics of dietrich bonhoeffer is additionally used to explain bonhoeffers ethical theology. Oct 04, 2010 you have to read eric metaxas with bifocals. Bonhoeffer s story is well known, but hans s much less so. Bonhoeffer is one of the ten 20thcentury martyrs from across the world who are depicted in statues above the great west door of westminster abbey, london. Dec 15, 2009 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Together, these texts inform about bonhoeffers upbringing, influences and beliefs, to explain his decisions in nazi germany.
No ordinary men is the story of two of the nazi regimes most courageous and admirable opponents. Dietrich bonhoeffer, ethics, p 244 bethge, dietrich bonhoeffer. Dietrich bonhoeffer, christian resistance and ethics in nazi. Next, i study bonhoeffers involvement in the conspiracy to kill hitler. Greg thornbury, phd, dean of the school of christian studies at union university. In strange glory, charles marsh, a professor of religious studies at the university of virginia, renders bonhoeffers life and thought in exquisite detail and with sympathetic. His younger brother was the theologian dietrich bonhoeffer 4 february 1906 9 april 1945. The crown jewel of bonhoeffer s body of work, ethics is the culmination of his theological and personal odyssey. Dietrich was an outspoken critic of nazism in his parish, part of the antinazi protestant confessional church.
He participated in the abwehr, which was the military counter intelligence. It is said that dohnanyi was directly involved in the plot to assassinate hitler. Thomas nelson, 2010by richard weikart, california state university, stanislauseric metaxass bonhoeffer biography has won many accolades from evangelicals, not only because metaxas is an excellent writer, but also. Dec 24, 2016 bonhoeffer was a gifted pianist, though at one time by his family to have a future as a concert pianist. His uncle on his mothers side was dietrich bonhoeffer, a lutheran pastor and theologianethicist.
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