| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 591 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Family and childhood -- Tübingen, 1923 -- Roman holiday, 1924 -- Student in Berlin, 1924-1927 -- Barcelona, 1928 -- Berlin, 1929 -- Bonhoeffer in America, 1930-31 -- Berlin, 1931-32 -- The Führer principle, 1933 -- The church and the Jewish question -- Nazi theology -- The church struggle begins -- The Bethel confession -- Bonhoeffer in London, 1934-35 -- The church battle heats up -- The conference at Fanø -- The road to Zingst and Finkenwalde -- Zingst and Finkenwalde -- Scylla and Charybdis, 1935-36 -- Mars ascending, 1938 -- The great decision, 1939 -- The end of Germany -- From confession to conspiracy -- Plotting against Hitler -- Bonhoeffer scores a victory -- Bonhoeffer in love -- Killing Adolf Hitler -- Cell 92 at Tegel Prison -- Valkyrie and the Stauffenberg plot -- Buchenwald -- On the road to freedom. |
| Summary |
"Bonhoeffer" presents a profoundly orthodox Christian theologian whose faith led him to boldly confront the greatest evil of the 20th century, and uncovers never-before-revealed facts, including the story of his passionate romance. |
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Traces the life of the Christian theologian whose faith led him to speak out against Nazism and join in unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler, discussing the personalities and experiences that shaped him and detailing his role in the religious resistance to Nazism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Political and social views.
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20)
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945. |
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. |
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1933-1945 |
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Theologians -- Germany -- Biography.
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Clergy -- Germany -- Biography.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Germany -- Biography.
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Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
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Christian martyrs -- Germany -- Biography.
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Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany.
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Anti-Nazi movement. |
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Attempted assassination. |
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Christian martyrs. |
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Clergy. |
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Political and social views. |
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. |
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Spies. |
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Theologians. |
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
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Germany. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metaxas, Eric. Bonhoeffer Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2010 9781595551382 (DLC) 2010922204 (OCoLC)457161672 |
| ISBN |
9781418556341 : $19.99 |
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1418556343 : $19.99 |
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