![]() Celebrating Nature by Faith: Studies in Reformation Theology in an Era of Global Emergency. ![]() Bonhoeffer's story seems as vitally relevant, as politically prophetic, and as theologically significant today, as it did yesterday. Behold the Lilies: Jesus and the Contemplation of NatureA Primer. ![]() Letters from Bonhoeffer's parents, siblings, and other relatives have also been added, in addition to previously inaccessible letters and legal papers referring to his trial.Īcute and subtle, warm and perceptive, yet also profoundly moving, the documents collectively tell a very human story of loss, of courage, and of hope. Bonhoeffer was arrested on Apand executed on April 9, 1945, so this section of the book takes place midway through this imprisonment. His letters appear in greater detail and show his daily concerns. Part 3 of Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison has the subtitle, Holding Out for the Coup Attempt: April July 1944. This expanded version of Letters and Papers from Prison shifts the emphasis of earlier editions of Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his part in the "officers' plot" to assassinate Adolf Hitler. One of the great classics of prison literature, Letters and Papers from Prison effectively serves as the last will and testament of the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. ![]()
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