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Dietrich Bonhoeffer : a spoke in the wheel / Renate Wind ; translated by John Bowden.

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Having a place in the world 1906-1914 -- The dream of a fine, devout death 1914-1918 -- Knowing where one stands 1919-1923 -- Understanding what the Church is 1923-1924 -- Communion of saints 1925-1927 -- "The earth remains our mother" 1928-1930 -- "Who would wish unconcernedly and uncaringly to enter the promised land?" 1930-1931 -- "Consider what is on earth!" 1931-1932 -- A spoke in the wheel 1933 -- "Open your mouth for the dumb" 1933-1934 -- Ban war! 1934-1935 -- "Whoever knowingly separates himself from the Confessing Church separates himself from salvation 1935-1936 -- "Only those who cry out for the Jews may sing Gregorian chant!" 1936-1938 -- "Come before winter!" 1939 -- The masquerade of evil 1940-1943 -- Learning to believe in the this-worldliness of life 1943-1944 -- The end is the beginning 1944-1945.
Abstract Vividly and concisely written, critical as well as appreciative, and containing material never before published in English, this new biography paints a memorable portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German theologian hanged by the Nazis in 1945. Portraying the complexity of Bonhoeffer's personality and the difficult, lonely course his life took, Wind especially brings out Bonhoeffer's early realization of the horror of Nazi treatment of the Jews, and despite misunderstanding by fellow church members, his brave involvement in the resistance against Hitler, his resolve to become "a spoke in the wheel."

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BX4827.B57W64

Publisher

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans., 1992

Physical Description

x, 182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0802806325

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Subject(s)

Christian Denominations
Theologians -- Germany -- Biography. Bonhoeffer,

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