Bibliograph

Strange glory, a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Charles Marsh

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Strange glory, a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Charles Marsh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strange glory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

869755603

Responsibility statement

Charles Marsh

Sub title

a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Summary

A portrait of the German pastor-theologian draws on new research to cover the 1930 visit to America that shaped his perspectives on faith and moral responsibility, his achievements as an anti-Nazi activist, and the plot against Hitler that would result in his execution

Table Of Contents

Eternity's child -- "Italy is simply inexhaustible" -- University studies -- "Greetings from the matador" -- "Covered in the moss of tradition" -- "I heard the gospel preached in the Negro churches" -- "Under the constraint of grace" -- Theological storm troopers on the march -- Crying in the wilderness -- "A new kind of monasticism" -- "I must be a sojourner and a stranger" -- "Christmas amid the ruins" -- Killing the madman -- "The greatest of feasts on the journey to freedom."

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