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 [...]
Jesus’ White Bonhoeffer: A Year On
Reggie Williams’s doctoral thesis, Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus, appeared on bookshelves the same year I began my doctoral work on Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the University of Aberdeen in 2014. Williams’s research inspired my own, leading me into one of the central questions of my PhD. Four years on, I continue to ponder this same question on [...]
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. [...]
Truth, Trust, and Institutions: Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer
https://youtu.be/wJhvQn17Vn0 Rachel Muers (University of Leeds) recently gave a keynote lecture at the University of Aberdeen for a postgraduate conference titled “Bonhoeffer’s Contemporary Voice.” The conference considered how Bonhoeffer’s theology can inform contemporary issues in dogmatics and ethics. Dr. Muers’ lecture, titled “Truth, Trust, and Institutions: Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer,” explored Bonhoeffer’s essay fragment [...]
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 [...]