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WORLD COME OF AGE A Symposium on Dietrich Bonhoeffer edited by Ronald Gregor Smith / Includes bibliographical references / Printed by COLLINS St James's Place, London
Readers today may be surprised to find out that a substantial interpretation of Bonhoeffer came from the Marxist author Mueller, in a book never translated but condensed in Smith’s book.
Introduction, by R.G. Smith. -- The challenge of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life and theology. The first period: foundation; The second period: concentration; The third period: liberation, by E. Bethge. -- From a letter to Superintendent Herrenbruck, by K. Barth. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth's positivism of revelation, by R. Prenter. -- 'The letters are a particular thorn, ' by W. Hamilton. -- Bonhoeffer and the young Luther, by R. Prenter. -- The problem of the reception and interpretation of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by H. Muller. -- The cross of reality? by H. Schmidt. -- The idea of God and modern man, by R. Bultmann.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔnhøːfɐ]); 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Adolf Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel Prison for one-and-a-half years. Later, he was transferred to Flossenbürg concentration camp.
Bonhoeffer was accused of being associated with the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler and was tried along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office). He was hanged on 9 April 1945 during the collapse of the Nazi regime.
