London, 1933-1935 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 13) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800683137 ISBN 13: 9780800683139

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2007

Synopsis

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's pastoral sojourn in England from October 1933 to April of 1935, which he initially viewed as a withdrawal from the church clashes in Germany, marked instead a new phase in his intensive participation in that struggle. This enlightening volume provides an almost daily documentation of his deepening engagement against the placid backdrop of his two London pastorates. Detailing Bonhoeffer's extensive contacts with German expatriates, ecumenical partners and allies, and friends and family, London: 1933-1935 impressively records both Bonhoeffer's involvement in the rapidly developing clash with the deutsche Christen and the means by which he pursued it. The bulk of the material consists of his wide correspondence but also includes records and minutes of his congregational meetings, excerpts from the diaries of Bonhoeffer's friend and London colleague Julius Rieger, reports from international conferences from 1934, and more than twenty sermons he preached to his London congregations. The wealth of this material, says editor Keith Clements, allows us to experience a dramatic slice of this history and see the many and complex facets of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's personality.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith Clements is a Baptist minister and Coordinating Secretary for International Affairs, Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland. His teaching and research is mainly in modern theology and church history.

Review:

This is an enormously rich resource for anyone interested in Bonhoeffer's life and thought during that earthshaking period of European history. --John W. DE Gruchy, Emeritus, University of Cape Town

Beautifully translated, the letters and sermons give us new insights into Bonheoffer himself. --Victoria J. Barnett, General Editor, Dietrich Bonheoffer Works English Edition and Director, Church Relations, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Taking its place in what has become a definitive series, this splendid new volume captures Dietrich Bonhoeffer busily at work in a lively new landscape. More than this, it yields a vivid glimpse of that bustling, wider realm of opinion, friendship and endeavour which the crisis of National Socialism provoked beyond the borders of Germany itself. It is surely indispensable. --Andrew Chandler, Director, the George Bell Institute at teh University of Chichester

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0800683137
• ISBN 13: 9780800683139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 550
• Editor: Clements Keith W.