Letters and papers from prison

Author

• Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

Additional Author(s)

• Best, Isabel

Publisher

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9781506402741

Series

Subject(s)

• BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH, 1906-1945-BIOGRAPHY
• GERMANY
• MARTYRS
• PRISONERS OF WAR-STORIES
• THEOLOGIANS-BIOGRAPHY
• THEOLOGY

Notes

. . Index: p. 551-614

Abstract

Despite Dietrich Bonhoeffer's earlier theological achievements and writings, it was his correspondence and notes from prison that electrified the postwar world six years after his death in 1945. The materials gathered and selected by his friend Eberhard Bethge in Letters and Papers from Prison not only brought Bonhoeffer to a wide and appreciative readership, especially in North America, they also introduced to a broad readership his novel and exciting ideas of religionless Christianity, his open and honest theological appraisal of Christian doctrines, and his sturdy, if sorely tried, faith in face of uncertainty and doubt.

This splendid volume, in some ways the capstone of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, presents the full array of Bonhoeffer's 1943–1945 prison letters and theological writings. Using the acclaimed DBWE translation, adapted to a more accessible format, this new edition features supplemental material from Victoria J. Barnett and an insightful introduction by John W. de Gruchy to clarify the theological meaning and social importance of Bonhoeffer's prison writings.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvii, 614 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Time of interrogation. April to July 1943. Letters from 11 April to 30 July 1943 ; Notes, May 1943 ; A wedding sermon from a prison cell, May 1943 ; Outlines of letters. To the judge advocate, Dr Roeder, during the interrogations --
Waiting for the trial. August 1943 to April 1944. Letters from 3 August 1943 to 10 April 1944 ; Testament of 20 September 1943 ; Testament of 23 November 1943 ; Prayers for fellow-prisoners, Christmas 1943 ; Report on experiences during alerts ; Report on prison life after one year in Tegel ; Lance-corporal Berg. A narrative --
Holding out until the overthrow. April to July 1944. Letters from 11 April to 18 July 1944 ; Thoughts on the day of the baptism of Dietrich Wilhelm Rüdiger Bethge, May 1944 ; The past. A poem ; Notes : June 1944 ; Sorrow and joy. A poem ; Notes : July 1944 ; Who am I? A poem ; Christians and pagans. A poem ; Night voices in Tegel. A poem --
After the failure. July 1944 to February 1945. Letters from 21 July 1944 to 28 February 1945 ; Stations on the road to freedom. A poem ; Miscellaneous thoughts ; Notes : July/August 1944 ; Outline for a book ; The friend. A poem ; Jonah. A poem ; Powers of good. A poem --
Epilogue. Memories of a survivor. Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer to his children, June 1945. Appendix. The other letters from prison / Maria von Wedemeyer-Weller ; Family tree, showing the relationship between members of the Bonhoeffer family.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01043/17	B Bon/le	Library - 8th Floor	Available