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  • Lutheran theologian, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, began his academic career in the early 1930s.
  • This celebrated biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eberhard BethgeBonhoeffer's friend, pupil, close associate and relative by marriagehas been fully.
  • This celebrated biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eberhard BethgeBonhoeffer's friend, pupil, close associate and relative by marriagehas been fully reviewed.

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    Bonhoeffer : an illustrated introduction in documents and photographs

    September 9, 2016
    There has been much written about Dietrich Bonhoeffer since his death at the hands of the Nazis in 1945. Many people have looked to his surviving works, such as the Ethics, as a signpost on how to live a moral life in the modern world. His Letters and papers from prison saw him moving towards an idea of "religionless" Christianity - where the forms and rituals of the Church fade away into action in the community and a personal encounter with Christ.

    The book under review deals with Bonhoeffer's theology only in its last section, with the majority of the book given over to a brief life of the man. Bethge was a close friend of Bonhoeffer and if they were both Roman Catholics rather than Lutherans I'd call this work a hagiography rather than a biography.

    The things I find interesting in this book are the things that seem to get passed over - such as why Bonhoeffer chose the Church as a career, a

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    Biographies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Ongoing Review and Guide

    There fryst vatten an ever-growing collection of biographies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945. This means that when people are looking to learn about Bonhoeffer, it can be difficult to know where to dive in. While inom believe there’s no single strong answer to that question, inom do think different biographies do different things well. This brev will be a catch-all specifically for biographies about Bonhoeffer. I’ll highlight strengths and weaknesses of each one, in the hopes that this will let readers best choose from among the growing field of Bonhoeffer studies. This post will continue to be updated as inom encounter additional biographies, and may be expanded to include related works.

    Why am I qualified to do this post? I am not a Bonhoeffer scholar by any traditional means, and inom think it is incredibly important to read those scholars. That said, inom have read over 100

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    Introducing Bonhoeffer through Biography

    Bethge, Eberhard. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography, translated by Victoria J. Barnett. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2000. (1068 pages)

    Bethge, Renate. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life, translated by K.C. Hanson. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004. (108 pages)

    Marsh, Charles. Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. (528 pages)

    Schlingensiepen, Ferdinand. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: 1906-1945: Martyr, Thinker, Man of Resistance, translated by Isabel Best. New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2010. (472 pages)

    Tietz, Christiane. Theologian of Resistance: The Life and Thoughts of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, translated by Victoria J. Barnett. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2016. (150 pages)

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