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Other titles in the Lives of Great Religious Books series:Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Letters and Papers from Prison": A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books)by Martin E. Marty
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"Martin Marty's biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's widely acclaimed Letters and Papers from Prison is riveting. It was difficult to put it down. Under Marty's assured direction we are led on a fascinating journey from a Nazi prison cell to the then-East and West Germany, the rest of Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and Asia to learn how this book meant so many and such different things to its varied audiences. We come away from Marty's opus thankful and exhilarated: deeply thankful that Bonhoeffer's brother-in-law Bethge preserved these 'letters and papers,' and exhilarated to discover yet again how God's deep reverence for our creaturely autonomy and integrity allows for such different apprehensions of the irruption of the divine. We are therefore enormously indebted to Marty for this biography."--Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, Cape Town
"There is nothing else like this history of Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison. Martin Marty writes with equal clarity and empathy of the Socialist, Catholic, Evangelical, and liberal Protestant receptions of the book. And Marty's book has an autobiographical dimension that others cannot match because he has been an informed observer--and sometimes participant--in many of the theological movements and controversies he describes."--Stephen Haynes, author of The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint
"This is a book with many unexpected discoveries. It is intriguing to read how Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison came into being and even more so to learn how it was interpreted and misinterpreted. In fact, it is mind-boggling to discover how the same book has been claimed by East German Marxists, Evangelicals, God-is-dead theologians, mainline Protestants and Catholics, and secularists. Martin Marty is a great scholar and has done us a great service."--Peter Frick, editor of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Meditation and Prayer
Review:"Bonhoeffer, a major German theologian and member of the resistance against Hitler, had no knowledge that his prison writings would be published and disseminated so widely. Yet his courageous convictions and creative theological ideas became highly influential for Christians, including Protestants (mainline), Catholics, Evangelicals, and Orthodox." --John Jaeger, Library Journal
Review:"It is well worth the trip; the life of a book is different from a person and these letters have enjoyed a long life. They have been used and misused by many people over time and have brought comfort and pain to many readers. These papers, and letters, continue to be read today by students and scholars." --Kevin Winter, Portland Book Review
Review:"But the fact that a biography could be written about one of Bonhoeffer's books speaks more to the hold the martyred churchman still has on many people, decades after World War II." ---William McKenzie, The Dallas Morning News
Synopsis:"Martin Marty's biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's widely acclaimed Letters and Papers from Prison is riveting. It was difficult to put it down. Under Marty's assured direction we are led on a fascinating journey from a Nazi prison cell to the then-East and West Germany, the rest of Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and Asia to learn how this book meant so many and such different things to its varied audiences. We come away from Marty's opus thankful and exhilarated: deeply thankful that Bonhoeffer's brother-in-law Bethge preserved these 'letters and papers,' and exhilarated to discover yet again how God's deep reverence for our creaturely autonomy and integrity allows for such different apprehensions of the irruption of the divine. We are therefore enormously indebted to Marty for this biography."--Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, Cape Town
"There is nothing else like this history of Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison. Martin Marty writes with equal clarity and empathy of the Socialist, Catholic, Evangelical, and liberal Protestant receptions of the book. And Marty's book has an autobiographical dimension that others cannot match because he has been an informed observer--and sometimes participant--in many of the theological movements and controversies he describes."--Stephen Haynes, author of The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint "This is a book with many unexpected discoveries. It is intriguing to read how Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison came into being and even more so to learn how it was interpreted and misinterpreted. In fact, it is mind-boggling to discover how the same book has been claimed by East German Marxists, Evangelicals, God-is-dead theologians, mainline Protestants and Catholics, and secularists. Martin Marty is a great scholar and has done us a great service."--Peter Frick, editor of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Meditation and Prayer Synopsis:For fascination, influence, inspiration, and controversy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison is unmatched by any other book of Christian reflection written in the twentieth century. A Lutheran pastor and theologian, Bonhoeffer spent two years in Nazi prisons before being executed at age thirty-nine, just a month before the German surrender, for his role in the plot to kill Hitler. The posthumous Letters and Papers from Prison has had a tremendous impact on both Christian and secular thought since it was first published in 1951, and has helped establish Bonhoeffer's reputation as one of the most important Protestant thinkers of the twentieth century. In this, the first history of the book's remarkable global career, National Book Award-winning author Martin Marty tells how and why Letters and Papers from Prison has been read and used in such dramatically different ways, from the cold war to today.
In his late letters, Bonhoeffer raised tantalizing questions about the role of Christianity and the church in an increasingly secular world. Marty tells the story of how, in the 1960s and the following decades, these provocative ideas stirred a wide range of thinkers and activists, including civil rights and antiapartheid campaigners, "death-of-God" theologians, and East German Marxists. In the process of tracing the eventful and contested history of Bonhoeffer's book, Marty provides a compelling new perspective on religious and secular life in the postwar era. About the AuthorMartin E. Marty is professor emeritus of religious history at the University of Chicago. He is the winner of the National Book Award and the author of more than fifty books. His recent books include "Martin Luther: A Life" (Viking) and "The Christian World: A Global History" (Modern Library).
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1: The Birth of a Book 1 Chapter 2: The "Gradual" Editor 31 Chapter 3: The Decisive Turns 51 Chapter 4: Travels East 74 Chapter 5: Travels West 103 Chapter 6: The Worlds of Two Strangers 133 Chapter 7: Travels around the World 178 Chapter 8: Continuity and Change 211 Notes 247 Index 261 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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