Manuscripts, Notes, and Correspondence A substantial portion of Bonhoeffer’s personal library–from childhood writings to the period of his imprisonment–is archived at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin (SBB). These manuscripts, many of them marked by Bonhoeffer’s hand, are available for on-site scholarly research. For more information, visit the Bonhoeffer page at the library’s website by clicking below. [...]
In Memoriam: Martin Henkys
Professor Jürgen Henkys died in Berlin on October 27, 2015, twelve days after the death of his beloved wife Erika. He was 85. The German section of the Bonhoeffer Society esteemed him for his remarkable 2005 book on Bonhoeffer’s prison poetry, Geheimnis der Freiheit: Die Gedichte Dietrich Bonhoeffers aus der Haft and its predecessor publications. [...]
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Taizé Geneve – Aber du weisst den Weg für mich
https://youtu.be/G-GfThZpf28 These lyrics were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the song composed by brothers of Taizé. The video shows the evening prayer at Palexpo, during the European meeting organized by the Taizé Community, in Geneve. 28 December 2007 – 1 January 2008.
Becoming Simple and Wise
Becoming Simple and Wise: Moral Discernment in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Vision of Christian Ethics. Joshua A. Kaiser. Eugene OR: Pickwick Pub , 2015. ISBN: 978-1-62032-741-8. $24.00 Straightforward and tightly argued, Joshua Kaiser’s Becoming Simple and Wise is a significant contribution to studies of Bonhoeffer’s ethics. In this volume he attends to the often problematic tensions in Bonhoeffer’s [...]
Renate Bethge’s Recollections on the Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer Families and Eberhard Bethge
Renate Bethge The following reflection was composed by Renate Bethge with the help of her daughter in advance of the Bonhoeffer Society’s gathering in San Antonio, TX (2004) at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Renate’s daughter also contributed the photo of her mother as young woman . I am aware of [...]