Victoria J. Barnett is a scholar who has served as a general editor of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, the English translation series of the theologian’s complete works, published by Fortress Press. She is the author of For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler (Oxford University Press, 1992) and Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity during [...]
Keine Gewalt! No Violence!: How the Church Gave Birth to Germany’s Only Peaceful Revolution
Roger Newell, Keine Gewalt! No Violence! Wipf & Stock, 2017 I really believe, and have often shared with others, that a book is worth its price if a person can take away one significant idea, one inspirational thought. In Keine Gewalt! No Violence! that one significant idea for me is this: “Whenever the church risks enacting [...]
Bonhoeffer in China: An Interview with Yu Jie
Thank you to the people at Plough Quarterly Magazine, who gave permission for us to reprint a portion of this article. Bonhoeffer in China Yu Jie: On October 8, 2010, it was announced that Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident writer, had been chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. At the time, he was in [...]
Christoph Von Dohnanyi Warns of Political Intolerance in the U.S.
Christoph Von Dohnanyi, is director emeritus of the Cleveland Orchestra and son of Hans Von Dohnanyi, one of Bonhoeffer’s fellow conspirators killed by the Nazis. Four men in my family were executed by the Nazis. Hans von Dohnanyi, my father, honored in Yad Vashem, was killed in the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen short before [...]
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Statement by the Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society (February 1st, 2017)
Statement Issued by the Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section, February 1, 2017 Comprising scholars and religious leaders from the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the purpose of the English Language Section of the International Bonhoeffer Society is to encourage critical scholarship [...]