Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Born	February 4, 1906 Breslau
Died	April 9, 1945 (age 39) Flossenbürg concentration camp
Nationality	German
Education	Doctorate in theology
Occupation	Pastor, professor, theologian
Religious beliefs	Lutheran (Confessing Church)
Children	(none)
Parents	Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer IPA: [ˈdiːtrɪç ˈboːnhøfɐ] (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and a founding member of the Confessing Church. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther The Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche was a Christian Resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945 Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche was a Christian Resistance movement in Nazi Germany. He was involved in plots planned by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944 AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately He was arrested in March 1943, imprisoned, and eventually executed by hanging. ^[1]

Family and youth

Bonhoeffer was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people He and his sister Sabine were twins and the sixth and seventh of eight children. The Bonhoeffer Family Karl Bonhoeffer (1868-1948 was a prominent Psychiatrist / Neurologist in Germany. His brother Walter was killed during World War I. The Bonhoeffer Family Karl Bonhoeffer (1868-1948 was a prominent Psychiatrist / Neurologist in Germany. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All His sister was married to Hans von Dohnanyi and was mother of the conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi and the later mayor of Hamburg, Klaus von Dohnanyi. Hans von Dohnanyi (born 1 January 1902 in Vienna; died 8 or 9 April 1945 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp) was a WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Christoph von Dohnányi (born September 8, 1929) is Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Dr Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 23 June, 1928 in Hamburg) is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party ( SPD) His father, Karl Bonhoeffer, was a prominent German psychiatrist in Berlin; his mother, Paula, home-schooled the children. The Bonhoeffer Family Karl Bonhoeffer (1868-1948 was a prominent Psychiatrist / Neurologist in Germany. A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a Physician who specializes in Psychiatry and is certified in treating Mental disorders Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Homeschooling (also called home education) home learning or homeschool  – is the education of children at home typically by parents or professional Though he was initially expected to follow his father into the field of psychology, Dietrich decided at an early age to become a theologian and later a Christian pastor. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and His parents supported his decision. He attended college in Tübingen and later at the University of Berlin, where he received his doctorate in theology at the age of only 21. Tübingen, a traditional University town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement As Dietrich was under 25 at the time [per church regulations], he was unable to be ordained. This, however, gave Dietrich the opportunity to go abroad. He then spent a post-graduate year abroad studying at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of Theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway The City of New York During this time, he would often visit the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where he became acquainted with the African-American Spiritual. Abyssinian Baptist Church is among the most famous of the many churches in Harlem, New York City Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are songs which were created by African slaves in America. He amassed a substantial collection of these spirituals, which he took with him when he went back to Germany.

Return to Germany

During World War II, Bonhoeffer played a key leadership role in the Confessing Church, which opposed the anti-semitic policies of Adolf Hitler. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility He was among those who called for wider church resistance to Hitler's treatment of the Jews. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ While the Confessing Church was not large, it represented a major source of Christian opposition to the Nazi government in Germany. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth After the unsuccessful July 20 Plot in 1944, Bonhoeffer's connections with the conspirators were discovered. He was moved to a series of prisons and concentration camps ending at Flossenbürg. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the ^[2]

Confessing Church

After his visit to America, the Confessing Church would play a large role in Bonhoeffer's life, or rather Bonhoeffer would play a large role in the life of the Confessing Church, as he was one of its founders. Although Bonhoeffer started out as a Lutheran, he became frustrated with the "liberal theology" of the established Church after discussing it with his friend Karl Barth, an eminent theologian. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Karl Barth ( May 10, 1886 &ndash December 10, 1968) (pronounced "bart" a Swiss Reformed theologian was one Barth believed that "liberal theology" (understood as a movement emphasizing personal experience and societal development, not necessarily carrying a political orientation) minimized Scripture, reducing it in many ways to a mere textbook of metaphysics while sanctioning the deification of human culture. Barth and Bonhoeffer often discussed and debated rationalist and Hegelian-derived theology against Reformation doctrine, and over time Barth began to win Bonhoeffer over. Although Bonhoeffer would never totally throw aside liberal theology, he did feel it was too constraining, and held it in many ways responsible for the lack of relevance within the Church. Bonhoeffer and Barth became two of the main figures associated with the "neo-orthodox" movement within German- and English-speaking Protestantism in the mid-20th century. Neo-Orthodoxy can also refer to a form of Orthodox Judaism following the philosophy of " Torah im Derech Eretz " and can additionally refer to the

Imprisonment and Execution

Bonhoeffer returned to Germany in 1931, where he lectured on theology in Berlin and wrote several books. A strong opponent of Nazism, he was involved, together with Martin Niemöller, Karl Barth and others, in establishing the Confessing Church. Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 &ndash 6 March 1984 was a prominent German anti-Nazi Theologian and Lutheran pastor Karl Barth ( May 10, 1886 &ndash December 10, 1968) (pronounced "bart" a Swiss Reformed theologian was one The Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche was a Christian Resistance movement in Nazi Germany. In August 1933, he co-authored the Bethel Confession with Hermann Sasse and others. Hermann Otto Erich Sasse ( July 17, 1895 &mdash August 9, 1976) was a Lutheran theologian and author Between late 1933 and 1935, he served as pastor of two German-speaking Protestant churches in London: St. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paul's and Sydenham. While Bonhoeffer desired a trip to India to discover non-violent resistance with Gandhi, he returned to Germany to head a seminary for Confessing Church pastors which had been made illegal by the Nazi regime, first in Finkenwalde and then at the von Blumenthal estate of Gross Schlönwitz, which was closed at the outbreak of World War II. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in Higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students The Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche was a Christian Resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Szczecin-Zdroje is a municipal neighborhood of the Szczecin City Poland situated on the right bank of Oder river, south-east of the Szczecin Old Town This article relates to the von Blumenthal Family of German nobility from Brandenburg-Prussia. Słonowice is a PKP railway station in Słonowice ( Pomeranian Voivodeship) Poland, originally built to serve the estate of Gross Schlönwitz World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Gestapo also banned him from preaching; then teaching; and finally any kind of public speaking. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany During this time, Bonhoeffer worked closely with numerous opponents of Adolf Hitler.

In 1939, Bonhoeffer joined a secret group of high-ranking military officers based in the Abwehr, or Military intelligence Office, who wanted to overthrow the National Socialist regime by killing Hitler. The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944 Military intelligence (abbreviated MI int Commonwealth, or intel Bonhoeffer was arrested in April 1943 after money used to help Jews escape to Switzerland was traced to him. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation He was charged with conspiracy and imprisoned in Berlin for a year and a half. In the Criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between Natural persons to break the law at some time in the future and in some cases with at least one overt act

In Flossenbürg, Bonhoeffer was executed by hanging at dawn on 1945 April 9, just three weeks before the liberation of Berlin and one month before the capitulation of Nazi Germany. Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Capitulation (Lat capitulum, a little head or division capitulare, to treat upon terms an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The manner of execution was, like other executions associated with the July 20 Plot, so brutal and graphic that even Wehrmacht soldiers were loathe to watch. Bonhoeffer was stripped of clothing in his cell, tortured and ridiculed by the guards, and led naked into the execution yard. The lack of sufficient gallows to hang thousands of Germans after the July 20 Plot had caused Hitler and Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels to seize on the idea of using meathooks from slaughterhouses^[3] and slowly hoisting the victim to dangle from an incrementally tightening noose formed of piano wire. Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public Piano wire is a specialized type of Wire made for use in Piano and other musical instrument strings as well as many other purposes ^[4] The asphyxiation is thought to have taken approximately half an hour. ^[5]

Also hanged with Bonhoeffer were conspirators Abwehr chief Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, Canaris' deputy General Hans Oster, military jurist General Karl Sack, ^[6] General Friedrich von Rabenau, businessperson Theodor Strünck, and German resistance (anti-Nazi) fighter Ludwig Gehre. Wilhelm Franz Canaris ( January 1, 1887 &ndash April 9, 1945) was a German Admiral and head of the Abwehr Hans Oster ( August 9, 1887 &ndash April 9, 1945) was deputy head of the Abwehr, under Wilhelm Canaris, and a dedicated Karl Sack (born June 9, 1896 in Bosenheim (now Bad Kreuznach) executed April 9, 1945 in Flossenbürg concentration camp The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945 Ludwig Gehre (born 1895 October 5 in Düsseldorf; died 1945 April 9 in Flossenbürg concentration camp) was an officer ^[7]

Legacy

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Bonhoeffer is commemorated as a theologian and martyr by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Church of England and the Church in Wales on April 9. HIH The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova Елизавета Фëдоровна Романова ( 1 November 1864 Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ( August 25 1917 &ndash March 24 1980) commonly known as Monseñor Romero, was a Bishop The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago Illinois. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru is a member Church of the Anglican Communion, consisting of six Dioceses in Wales. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)

The following are English translations of Bonhoeffer's works, which were all originally written in German:

• The Young Bonhoeffer 1918–1927. Fortress Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8006-8309-9.

The first volume in the Fortress Press critical edition of Bonhoeffer's work gathers his one hundred earliest letters and journals from after the First World War through his graduation from Berlin University. For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin. It also contains his early theological writings up to his dissertation. The seventeen essays include works on the patristic period for Adolf von Harnack, on Luther's moods for Karl Holl, on biblical interpretation for Professor Reinhold Seeberg, as well as essays on the church and eschatology, reason and revelation, Job, John, and even joy. Adolf von Harnack ( May 7, 1851 &ndash June 10, 1930) was a German theologian and prominent church historian Rounding out this picture of Bonhoeffer's nascent theology are his sermons from the period, along with his lectures on homiletics, catechesis, and practical theology.

• Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928–1931, translation of Barcelona, Berlin, Amerika: 1928–1931. Fortress Press: not yet released.
• Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church Clifford Green (editor); Reinhard Krauss (translator); Nancy Lukens (translator). Fortress Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8006-8301-3.

Bonhoeffer's dissertation, completed in 1927 and first published in 1930 as Sanctorum Communio: eine Dogmatische Untersuchung zur Soziologie der Kirche. In it he attempts to work out a theology of the person in society, and then, particularly, in the church. Along with enlightening us about his early positions on sin, evil, solidarity, collective spirit, and collective guilt, the volume unfolds a systematic theology of the Spirit at work in the church and what this implies for questions of authority, freedom, ritual, and eschatology. ---- Guilt is the Fact, state or Verdict (by a Court or other Tribunal) of an Offence, Crime, Violation

• Act and Being Clifford Green (editor); Reinhard Krauss (translator); Nancy Lukens (translator). Edward Bellamy (March 26 1850 &ndash May 22 1898 was an American Author and Socialist, most famous for his Utopian Novel, Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925 formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British Socialist Politician. Phillip E Berryman (born 1938 is the author of several books on both Liberation theology and the Christian experience in Latin America. Dorothy Day ( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American Journalist turned anarchist, social activist Antonio ("Toni" Negri (born August 1, 1933) is an Italian Marxist political philosopher. Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded Mary Ward may refer to Mary Ward (scientist, a multidisciplinary scientist who may have been the first fatality in a car accident Mary Ward Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, OP (born 8 June 1928 in Lima) is a Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of The Catholic Worker Movement is a Catholic organization founded by the " Servant of God " Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 The Christian Socialist Movement, or CSM, is a socialist society affiliated to the British Labour Party. Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Liberation theology is a school of Theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic The Praxis school was a Marxist humanist philosophical movement For a sociological view of labor conditions see Precarious work Definition Precarity is a condition of Existence without Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Fortress Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8006-8302-1

Bonhoeffer’s second dissertation, written in 1929–30 and published in 1931 as Akt und Sein, deals with the questions of consciousness and conscience in theology from the perspective of the Reformation insight about the origin of human sinfulness in the “heart turned in upon itself and thus open neither to the revelation of God nor to the encounter with the neighbor. The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time ” Here are Bonhoeffer’s thoughts about power, revelation, Otherness, theological method, and theological anthropology.

• Ecumenical, Academic and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932, translation of Ökumene, Universität, Pfarramt: 1931–1932. Fortress Press: not yet released.
• Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1–3 John W. de Gruchy (Editor); Douglas Stephen Bax (Translator). Fortress Press, November 20, 1997. ISBN 0-8006-8303-X.

Creation and Fall originated in lectures given by Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932–33 during the demise of the Weimar Republic and the birth of the Third Reich. The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers In the book published in 1933 as Schöpfung und Fall, Bonhoeffer called his students to focus their attention on the word of God the word of truth in a time of turmoil.

• Christology (1966) London: William Collins and New York: Harper and Row. translation of lectures given in Berlin in 1933, from vol. 3 of Gesammelte Schriften, Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1960. retitled as Christ the Center, Harper SanFrancisco 1978 paperback: ISBN 0-06-060811-0
• London: 1933–1935, translation of London: 1933–1935. Fortress Press: not yet released.
• The Cost of Discipleship (1948 in English). This book by the German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a classic of Christian thought Touchstone edition with introduction by Bishop George Bell and memoir by G. George Kennedy Allen Bell ( February 4, 1883 – October 3, 1958) was an Anglican Theologian, Dean of Canterbury Leibholz, 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-684-81500-1. Critical edition published under its original title Discipleship: John D. Godsey (editor); Geffrey B. Kelly (editor). Fortress Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8006-8324-2

Bonhoeffer's most widely read book begins, "Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle today is for costly grace. " That was a sharp warning to his own church, which was engaged in bitter conflict with the official nazified state church, The book was first published in 1937 as Nachfolge (Discipleship). It soon became a classic exposition of what it means to follow Christ in a modern world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. At its center stands an interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount: what Jesus demanded of his followers—and how the life of discipleship is to be continued in all ages of the post- resurrection church. In the Gospel of St Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount is a compilation of Jesus' sayings epitomizing his moral teaching.

• Theological Education at Finkenwalde: 1935–1937, translation of Illegale Theologenausbildung: 1935–1937. Fortress Press: not yet released.
• Theological Education Underground: 1937–1940, translation of Illegale Theologenausbildung: 1937–1940. Fortress Press: not yet released.
• Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible James H. Burtness (coauthor); Geffrey B. Kelly (editor); Daniel W. Bloesch (translator). Fortress Press: 1995. ISBN 0-8006-8305-6.
  • The stimulus for the writing of Life Together was the closing of the preacher’s seminary at Finkenwalde. Life Together is a book by the German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written while Bonhoeffer taught at an underground Seminary The treatise contains Bonhoeffer’s thoughts about the nature of Christian community based on the common life that he and his seminarians experienced at the seminary and in the “Brother’s House” there. Life Together was completed in 1938, published in 1939 as Gemeinsames Leben, and first translated into English in 1954. Harper SanFrancisco 1978 paperback: ISBN 0-06-060852-8
  • Prayerbook of the Bible is a classic of Christian spirituality. In this theological interpretation of the Psalms, Bonhoeffer describes the moods of an individual’s relationship with God and also the turns of love and heartbreak, of joy and sorrow, that are themselves the Christian community’s path to God.
• Ethics (1955 in English by SCM Press). Touchstone edition, 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-684-81501-X. Fortress Press 2004 critical edition: Clifford Green (editor); Reinhard Krauss (translator); Douglas W. Stott (translator); Charles C. West (translator). ISBN 0-8006-8306-4.

Written in prison and published in 1943 as Ethik, this is the culmination of Bonhoeffer's theological and personal odyssey. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, the critical edition features an insightful introduction by Clifford Green and an afterword from the German edition's editors. Though caught up in the vortex of momentous forces in the Nazi period, Bonhoeffer systematically envisioned a radically Christocentric, incarnational ethic for a post-war world, purposefully recasting Christians' relation to history, politics, and public life.

• Fiction from Tegel Prison Clifford Green (editor); Nancy Lukens (translator). Fortress Press: 1999. ISBN 0-8006-8307-2.

Writing fiction—an incomplete drama, a novel fragment, and a short story—occupied much of Bonhoeffer’s first year in Tegel prison, as well as writing to his family and his fiancée and dealing with his interrogation. “There is a good deal of autobiography mixed in with it,” he explained to his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge. Richly annotated by German editors Renate Bethge and Ilse Todt and by Clifford Green, the writings in this book disclose a great deal of Bonhoeffer’s family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that illuminates his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes became a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer’s participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Hitler.

• Letters and Papers from Prison, (first English translation 1953 by SCM Press). This edition translated by Reginald H. Fuller and Frank Clark from Widerstand und Ergebung: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft. Reginald Horace Fuller ( March 24, 1915, Horsham, England - April 4, 2007, Richmond Virginia) was an Anglo-American Munich: Christian Kaiser Verlag (1970). Touchstone 1997 paperback: ISBN 0-684-83827-3
• Conspiracy and Imprisonment 1940–1945 Mark Brocker (editor). Fortress Press: 2006. ISBN 0-8006-8316-1

In hundreds of letters, including letters written to his fiancée, Maria von Wedemeyer (selected from the complete correspondence, previously published as "Love Letters from Cell 92" Ruth-Alice von Bismarck and Ulrich Kabitz (editors), Abingdon Press (April 1995) ISBN 0-687-01098-5), as well as official documents, short original pieces, and a few final sermons, the volume sheds light on Bonhoeffer's active resistance to and increasing involvement in the conspiracy against the Hitler regime, his arrest, and his long imprisonment. Finally, Bonhoeffer's many exchanges with his family, fiancée, and closest friends, demonstrate the affection and solidarity that accompanied Bonhoeffer to his prison cell, concentration camp, and eventual death.

• A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1990). Geoffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson, editors. Harper SanFrancisco 1995 2nd edition, paperback: ISBN 0-06-064214-9

Other works about Bonhoeffer

Books

• Gillian Court, Heart of Flesh: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a study in Christian prophecy (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland[1], 2007). ISBN 0-85169-330-x
• Keith Clements, Bonhoeffer and Britain (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, 2006). ISBN 0 85169 307 5
• Eberhard Bethge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Theologian, Christian, Man for His Times: A Biography Rev. Eberhard Bethge ( August 29 1909 - March 18 2000) was the friend of the famed theologian and anti-Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and ed. (Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2000).
• Denise Giardina, Saints and Villains (Ballantine Books, 1999). Denise Giardina is an award-winning novelist Her book Storming Heaven was a Discovery Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and received the 1987 W ISBN 0-449-00427-9. A Fictional Account of Bonhoeffer's life.
• Stephen R. Haynes,The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives (Fortress Press, 2006). ISBN 0-8006-3815-8.
• Stephen Plant, Bonhoeffer (Continuum International Publishing, 2004). ISBN 0-8264-5089-X.
• Edwin Robertson, Bonhoeffer's Legacy: The Christian Way in a World Without Religion (Collier Books, 1989). ISBN 0-02-036372-9.
• Edwin Robertson, The Shame and the Sacrifice: The life and teaching of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Hodder & Stoughton, 1987). ISBN 0-340-41063-9.
• Dallas M. Roark, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Makers of the Modern Theological Mind. (Word Publishing Group, 1972) ISBN 0849929768

Films

• Bonhoeffer Martin Doblmeier, 2005
• Bonhoeffer — Agent of Grace Eric Till, PBS, 2000
• Hanged on a Twisted Cross: The Life, Convictions and Martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. T. Eric Till (born 24 November 1929 in London England) is an English-born film and Television director working in Canada the United N. Mohan, 1996
• A View From The Underside — The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Al Staggs, 1992
• The Restless Conscience Hava Kohav Beller, (USA 1991)

Audio Drama

Focus on the Family Radio Theatre created an audio drama on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1997. ^[8] Titled "Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom", this three-hour series was highly acclaimed and received a Peabody award for broadcast excellence in 1998. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting (Tyndale, 1997, 1999, 2007)

Verse about Bonhoeffer

• "Friday's child" by W. H. Auden, 1958

Opera

• Bonhoeffer Ann Gebuhr, 2000

External links

• Article by Douglas Huff in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• BBC News article on Bonhoeffer
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Online Exhibition
• German Evangelical Church's website on Bonhoeffer
• International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society

References