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
American Academy of Religion Program Books
Did you know? AAR and SBL program books have been digitized! Digitized Program Books (1938-2018) Pitts Theology Library holds the archival records for both the Society of Biblical Literature (Collection RG 100) and the American Academy of Religion (Collection RG 057). These two organizations have held joint annual meetings since 1970 (with the exception of [...]
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 [...]
In Memoriam: Clarke Chapman
G. Clarke Chapman (1934-2021) December 1, 1934 – February 11, 2021 G. Clarke Chapman was born in California and trained at Boston University. He served on the faculty of the Department of Religion at Moravian College for his entire career, from 1963 until his retirement in 2006. Clarke and his family had several stays abroad [...]
The Battle for Bonhoeffer
The Battle for Bonhoeffer – Debating Discipleship in the Age of Trump A review by John W. Matthews Indeed, The Battle for Bonhoeffer is a book that combines important historical material with current events and issues. Stephen Haynes, professor of religious studies at Rhodes College and a well-respected scholar of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and legacy, [...]