Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography Eberhard Bethge’s exhaustive biography of Bonhoeffer is recognized throughout the world as the definitive biography. Victoria Barnett has now reviewed the entire translation for this edition, correcting hundreds of mistakes and omissions, and adding in sections from the German, for example, on Bonhoeffer’s childhood, that have never before appeared in English.
Customer Review: The Definitive Bonhoeffer Biography
Bethge was Bonhoeffer’s closest friend and colleague.He devoted his life to bringing Bonhoeffer to the world’s attention. This expanded volume, in remarkable ways, weaves together Bonhoeffer’s life and his theological insights. In this 100th anniversary of the birth of this 39 year old martyr, this long book deserves careful reading, even my those who have read Bethge’s somewhat shorter version published a number of years ago.
Customer Review: Bonhoeffer: Man For His Times & Ours
Upon starting this book I knew very little about Bonhoeffer; I had read some of Ethics and I knew of his murder by the Gestapo. Thus, there was something new on every page for me, and despite the book’s length it never seemed oppressive in detail. In fact if the author can be faulted for one thing it is his lack of information about Bonhoeffer’s courtship and engagement; which is discussed almost as an aside. On every other point though, the author did a wonderful job. His explanations of Bonhoeffer’s theology are clear and understandable. Considering that much of what Bonhoeffer took for granted, theologically speaking, is alien to the American intellectual tradition that is a great accomplishment. The book is also a welcome antidote to the conception of 1930’s and 1940’s Germany as synonymous with Hitler and National Socialism. For even under the totalitarian state there were still men like Bonhoeffer who stood up against the regime
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