| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 591 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
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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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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Political and social views.
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Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany.
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metaxas, Eric. Bonhoeffer. New York : Thomas Nelson, 2010 9781595551382 (OCoLC)457161672 |
| ISBN |
9781418556341 (electronic bk.) |
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1418556343 (electronic bk.) |
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