The reluctant revolutionary : Dietrich Bonhoeffer's collision with Prusso-German history /
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression of a devout Lutheran Pr...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn Books,
2009
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Bonhoeffer gradually recognized the ways in which the intellectual and religious traditions of his own classthe Bildungsbrgertumwere enabling Nazi evil. In response, he offered a religiously inspired call to political opposition and Christian witnesswhich cost him his life. The author investigat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845459109 1845459105 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
