Bonhoeffer and Music

TICKETS AVAILABLE: Harvard Glee Club presents “Bonhoeffer,” a choral-theatre work, Saturday, April 11th at First Church Cambridge with Pre-Concert Talk

Harvard Glee Club presents Bonhoeffer, a choral-theatre work – New England Premiere Tickets Saturday, April 11th, 2026 Bonhoeffer, a choral-theatre work by composer Thomas Lloyd, is a profound and immersive musical journey tracing the life, thought, and witness of German theologian and resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Conceived as a concert piece in a theatrical context, [...]

NEW VOLUMES FORTHCOMING: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics – New Volumes Available (Order or Pre-Order Today): Christopher Whyte, Kristopher Norris, and Claire Hein Blanton – as well as several collected volumes featuring scholars from around the world

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

Registration Open: 2025 IBS-ELS Annual Dinner and Program, featuring Dr. Chandi Plummer (Friday, November 21st in Boston, MA)

2025 IBS-ELS Annual Members’ & Friends of the Society Dinner and Program The International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section invites you to our annual Bonhoeffer Society Dinner and Program, which is held conjointly with the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. All are welcome. WHEN: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2025  TIME:  5:30PM, GATHERING & WINE [...]

Bonhoeffer – the Musical

In production and a featured selection of Broadway producer Ken Davenport’s competition for up and coming Broadway composers, Bonhoeffer – the Musical seeks to present “one man’s epic journey.” Music and Lyrics by Scott Wilkinson. Book by Eric C. Webb. Learn More & Listen to Tracks

Taizé Geneve – Aber du weisst den Weg für mich

https://youtu.be/G-GfThZpf28 These lyrics were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the song composed by brothers of Taizé. The video shows the evening prayer at Palexpo, during the European meeting organized by the Taizé Community, in Geneve. 28 December 2007 – 1 January 2008.

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