| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) |
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The "peculiarity" of German political culture -- Bonhoeffer's formation -- The problem of anti-semitism in Germany from Luther to Hitler -- Bonhoeffer's opening to the west and the involvement in ecumenism -- The church struggle to 1937 -- The ethics of conspiracy -- Bonhoeffer and the Jewish question -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer as critic of his class in retrospect -- The post-war confrontation with the Nazi past |
| Summary |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Bonhoeffer gradually recognized the ways in which the intellectual and religious traditions of his own classthe Bildungsbrgertumwere enabling Nazi evil. In response, he offered a religiously inspired call to political opposition and Christian witnesswhich cost him his life. The author investigat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945
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| SUBJECT |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 fast |
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Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- History.
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Church and state
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781845459109 |
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1845459105 |
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