Victoria J. Barnett

World Council of Churches Webinar (September 2021)

The right word at the right time? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the ecumenical witness for justice and peace This year sees the 90th anniversary of the entry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer into the ecumenical movement and its witness for peace. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer was a youth delegate at the International Conference of the World Alliance for International Friendship [...]

Texts to Introduce Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Texts and Resources for Introducing Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Students and Others ANTHOLOGIES Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Bonhoeffer Reader. Clifford J. Green and Michael DeJonge, eds. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Geffrey B. Kelly and E. Burton Nelson, eds. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1990. [...]

Bonhoeffer Documentaries and Films

By Journey Films Documentary: Bonhoeffer (90 minutes) Doblmeier, Martin, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adele Schmidt, Richard Mancini, John Keltonic, Journey Films, First-Run Features (Firm), and South Carolina Educational Television Network, dirs. 2003. Bonhoeffer. First Run Features. Learn More and Watch Released in 1984 Documentary: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Memories and Perspectives (90 minutes) Drake, Gerald. 2006 (DVD). Dietrich Bonhoeffer: [...]

Bonhoeffer Biographies

Introducing Bonhoeffer through Biography Select Biographies Bethge, Eberhard. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography, translated by Victoria J. Barnett. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2000. (1068 pages) Bethge, Renate. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life, translated by K.C. Hanson. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004. (108 pages) Marsh, Charles. Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. [...]

Moral Courage in Times of Crisis: Bonhoeffer’s Insights for Us Today – Victoria Barnett

A Public Presentation by Victoria J. Barnett at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE Thursday, March 31, 2022 Between 1935 and 1937 Bonhoeffer prepared five groups of seminarians for their ministry. It was an experiment in a very different kind of spiritual formation, necessitated by the pressures he knew they would face as pastors under National Socialism. [...]

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