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 [...]
City of a Suffering God by Josh Valley
Facing the astonishing violence that has rocked Canada’s largest city this year, chaplain Josh Valley turns to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s evocation of the God who not only loves us but suffers with us. City of a Suffering God As a chaplain who works in both the prison and hospital settings, I provide spiritual care for people [...]
Ethics After Devastation
Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation Q: We’re excited to talk about your new book on Bonhoeffer! This book grew out of your doctoral research at the University of Chicago so we know many years of work went into it. Going back to the beginning, what initially drew you to Bonhoeffer’s theology as a topic [...]
Virginia Woolf and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It’s not often we think of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Virginia Woolf in tandem, but the two share common ground. Both hail from the educated upper-middle class elite of the pre-World War II era. Both came from large families. Both had ambiguous sexualities. Both were writers. Both were pacifists. Both were fascinated with their families of [...]
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Women in Bonhoeffer’s Life
My Bonhoeffer Story (by Alice Bond)
Reflection by Alice Bond at the Annual Bonhoeffer Society Members’ Dinner (San Antonio 2016) I’m standing here because of a casual question from Mark Brocker, during lunch in Basel last July, asking how I got involved in the Bonhoeffer Society. After I told my story, he asked if I would consider sharing it with you [...]