A New Book by Rev. Dr. Keith Clements, former General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches, August 2022 Published by T&T Clark, 2022 Keith Clements sets out how and why Dietrich Bonhoeffer, more than 75 years after his execution by the Nazis, still speaks cogently to both the churches and society. Beginning with the [...]
Book Announcement: You Shall Not Condemn: A Story of Faith and Advocacy on Death Row (by Jennifer M. McBride) & Podcast Interview
New Book by Jennifer M. McBride, President of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section, June 2022 From Cascade Books: Want to know more? Podcast Episode: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer McBride about You Shall Not Condemn by Pastor Clint Schnekloth (56:02 minutes) LISTEN NOW
Book Announcement: Discipleship and Unity: Bonhoeffer’s Ecumenical Theology (by Cole Jodon)
New Book by Cole Jodon, Forthcoming July 2022 From the Lexington Books: Lexington Books, 2022 Discipleship and Unity: Bonhoeffer’s Ecumenical Theology presents a fresh approach to church unity and discipleship from a familiar voice. Building constructively from the thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cole Jodon offers an account of ecumenism in which the church is understood to [...]
Moral Courage in Times of Crisis: Bonhoeffer’s Insights for Us Today – Victoria Barnett
A Public Presentation by Victoria J. Barnett at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE Thursday, March 31, 2022 Between 1935 and 1937 Bonhoeffer prepared five groups of seminarians for their ministry. It was an experiment in a very different kind of spiritual formation, necessitated by the pressures he knew they would face as pastors under National Socialism. [...]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Prayerbook of the Bible, & the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK): Reassessing the Historical Record
By David A. R. Clark ABSTRACT This article examines Geffrey B. Kelly’s argument that, in 1941, the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK) prohibited Bonhoeffer from publishing because the agency objected to the ostensibly pro-Jewish and anti-Nazi content of Prayerbook of the Bible: An Introduction to the Psalms. The primary sources show that Kelly’s claims are unsupported by the historical record, as [...]