| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 141 pages) : portraits |
| Contents |
Preface; From Breslau to Berlin, 1906-1923; The Return from Tübingen to Berlin, 1923-1927; Wider Horizons, 1928-1931; Beginnings, 1931-1932; The Beginning Church Struggle, 1933; Pastor in London, 1933-1935; Director of a Preachers' Seminary,1935-1937; The Path into Illegality, 1937-1940; The Conspiracy Period, 1940-1943; Prisoner in Tegel, 1943-1945; Epilogue: A Modern Saint?; Chronology; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Since Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death in 1945, he has continued to fascinate and compel readers as a theologian, witness, and martyr. In this new biography, Christiane Tietz masterfully portrays the interconnectedness of Bonhoeffer's life and thought, theology and politics, discipleship, witness, and resistance, tracing the path from his childhood to his imprisonment and execution. Brief, lucid, and accessible, Tietz's new account brings Bonhoeffer's story and work to life in a vivid retelling, unfolding his important and widely read texts in the process. The volume also includes previously unseen |
| Analysis |
(fast)Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 |
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(fast)1933-1945 |
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(bisacsh)RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic |
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(bisacsh)RELIGION / Christianity / General |
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(fast)Theologians |
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(fast)Germany |
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(fast)Church history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945
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| SUBJECT |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 fast |
| Subject |
Theologians -- Germany
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Theologians
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Church history -- 1933-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054481
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barnett, Victoria, 1950- translator.
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| ISBN |
9781506408453 |
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1506408451 |
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