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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–1945)

German Lutheran theologian and opponent of Nazism. Involved in a plot against Hitler, he was executed by the Nazis in Flossenburg concentration camp. His Letters and Papers from Prison (1953) became the textbook of modern radical theology, advocating the idea of a ‘religionless’ Christianity.



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Long before Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote it (and subsequently lived it himself), Peter knew the literal truth: "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die" (Cost of Discipleship [ET MacMillan, 1948]).
Third Sunday of Easter: April 22, 2007 by Heider, George C. / Currents in Theology and Mission
We may admire the bravery of the White Rose and sympathize with the moral evolution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer as he moved from principled Christian pacifist to attempted assassin of Hitler.
Shawn wrong by Auclair, Joseph / The Progressive
Drawing heavily upon the work of Nelle Morton and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the book opens with an examination of what Muers appealingly terms the "garrulous silencing of God," whereby the universe of language we employ to define God, from the colloquial to the liturgical, paradoxically confines or "silences" God.
Keeping God's Silence by Visotzky, Alex / Cross Currents
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