originally published 3/1/2011

Ferdinand Schlingensiepen, author of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-1945: Martyr, Thinker, Man of Resistance (Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2010), shares his knowledge about the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Schlingensiepen was a dear friend of Eberhard Bethge, who was a close student of Bonhoeffer and his first biographer. Schlingensiepen begins by talking about the memory of Bonhoeffer in the post-war period of Germany, and how his popularity changed over the years. He traces the trajectory of Bonhoeffer’s stand against the German Christians and his opposition to the Nazi government and its growing power, and then reflects on the theological and pastoral themes of Bonhoeffer’s work.

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