Christ Existing as Community: Bonhoeffer’s Ecclesiology Q: We’re excited to talk with you about your new book which explores Bonhoeffer’s often neglected dissertation, Sanctorum Communio. This book grew out of your own doctoral dissertation at the University of Notre Dame. What initially drew you to Sanctorum Communio as a topic for your research, and why [...]
The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Women, Sexuality, and Nazi Germany
A More Intimate Portrait of Bonhoeffer Lisa E. Dahill “Diane Reynolds’s book would be worth its price for its insistence on noticing the women at every turn in Bonhoeffer’s life” Midcentury biographical conventions encouraged the effacement of women’s lives. Since Eberhard Bethge’s monumental biography, Bonhoeffer’s story has been viewed as unfolding within a male-only world. [...]
Prayerbook of Christ: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Interpretation of the Psalms
Review of Brad Pribbenow, Prayerbook of Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Interpretation of the Psalms. Lanham: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018. Ppxxiii, 221. ISBN: 978-1-9787-0105-2 (cloth); ISBN 978—9787-0106-9 (electronic). This book is based on two convictions: “The first is that the hermeneutical approach towards the Psalms shaped and practiced by Dietrich Bonhoeffer contributes something new to the [...]
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 [...]
Look Back in Hope: An Ecumenical Life
An Interview with Author Keith Clements Why do you think people would be interested in your life-story, given that you’re not exactly a celebrity? I’m not a household name, true, and can’t claim to have been the greatest mover and shaker. But I’ve seen and experienced at first-hand some of the very significant happenings and [...]
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