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The shame and the sacrifice : the life and teaching of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Title
The shame and the sacrifice : the life and teaching of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Edwin Robertson ; [with an introduction by Wilfred Harrisson].
Author
Robertson, Edwin Hanton.
Publication
London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1987.

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Description
288 pages; 20 cm
Summary
Profiles the life and death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who returned to Nazi Germany to take part in the resistance against Hitler and who was ultimately killed for his efforts.
Subject
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
  • Theologians > Germany > Biography
  • Theologians
  • Theologie
  • Germany
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A portrait of a man / Wilfred Harrison -- A child fascinated by death -- The humiliation of defeat -- Theologian in the making -- The new world -- The ecumenical movement -- Nineteen thirty-three -- The London pastorate -- Students for the confessing church -- The fateful years -- Turning point -- Sharing the trials and the shame -- The Abwehr -- Awaiting trial: the first year in prison -- Conspiracy, love and new theology -- The last months.
ISBN
  • 0340410639
  • 9780340410639
LCCN
87208947
OCLC
  • ocm19270587
  • 19270587
  • SCSB-1184582
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library