Biographies and Portraits

New Children’s Book Available – Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Teacher Who Became a Spy (For Children Ages 4-8)

This first book of the Here I Am! series tells the real-life story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who loved God and his neighbor, even when it cost him his life. This series highlights fascinating and faithful Christians in history for kids ages 4-8. Written by Molly Frye Wilmington, Illustrated by Marcin Piwowarski “A compelling story about [...]

T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics – New Volumes Available, 2023 (Pre-Order Now)

Series Editors: Jennifer M. McBride, Michael Mawson, and Philip Zeigler Learn More

Book Announcement: Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand: A Life Reconsidered (by Charles Marsh)

Charles Marsh, author of Evangelical Anxiety: A Memoir (2022), Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Promise of His Theology (1996), and Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2014), has a new book published by Cascade Books (February 2023). In Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand, Marsh responds to criticisms of his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by exploring the [...]

Book Review – Bonhoeffer’s America: A Land Without Reformation (2021)

Review of Joel Looper’s Bonhoeffer’s America: A Land Without Reformation. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2021. $39.00. 260 pp. Baylor Univ. Press, 2021 In a 1934 letter to M. Gandhi, in which Bonhoeffer was enquiring about the possibility of visiting Gandhi in India, Bonhoeffer revealed one of the reasons for this request.  He stated, “I [...]

Why is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Relevant Today?

In 2019, the editors of “Faith & Leadership” – the online magazine of Leadership Education at Duke University, asked five theologians to reflect on the question: why is Bonhoeffer relevant today? In light of ongoing political and civil discord in the United States and around the globe, these reflections – by Stephen R. Haynes, Reggie [...]

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