Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, vol. 7: Fiction from Tegel Prison

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2000

Overview

Writing fiction, letters to his family, fiancée, and friends and contending with his interrogator occupied Dietrich Bonhoeffer during his first year in Tegel Prison. Of the incomplete drama, the novel fragment, and the short story, Bonhoeffer admitted to his friend and later biographer, Eberhard Bethge, “There is a good deal of autobiography mixed with it.” This book discloses a great deal of Bonhoeffer’s family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that embodies and illuminates his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes are a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer’s participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Adolf Hitler, for which he was hanged.

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Key Features

• Provides a clearer context for Bonhoeffer’s theological writings
• Contains a myriad of works from Bonhoeffer’s time in prison
• Presents a mature reflection during a decade of Christian resistance to National Socialism

Contents

• Drama
  • Scene 1
  • Scene 2
  • Scene 3
• Novel
  • Sunday
    • A Hot July Day
    • A Quiet Forest Pond
    • A Rude Intrusion
    • Christoph and Renate
    • Frau von Bremer and Klara
    • The Major’s Story
    • Christoph Argues with the Major
    • The Bells
• Story

Product Details

• Title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, vol. 7: Fiction from Tegel Prison
• Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Translator: Nancy Lukens
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
• Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 304

About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) a German theologian, pastor, and ecumenist, was a professor in Berlin, an uncompromising teacher in the Confessing Church, and a consistent opponent of National Socialism. Executed by Hitler at the end of World War II, his influence continues today as one of the most important theologians of the twentieth century.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Dietrich Bonhoeffer, that struggle focused on power. Faith involves a liberation of the self from itself, from the demand of the ego to be the center of the world (occupying the place of God), and from its desire to dominate others. Bonhoeffer’s paradigmatic phrase for Christ and the Christian life was ‘existing for others.’ The self that is freed from itself in being freed for God is simultaneously freed for the neighbor.” (Pages 9–10)

“The freedom of God … finds its strongest evidence precisely in that God freely chose to be bound to historical human beings and to be placed at the disposal of human beings. God is free not from human beings, but for them.” (Page 11)

“Trust is not based on knowing everything about the other person, but on one believing in the other.” (Page 48)

“Smashing in another person’s skull, literally or figuratively, just because they are different, has very little^[69] to do with character. Indeed, it takes much more character to understand one another and to get along without losing oneself in the process.” (Page 160)

“character is only formed in the process of living with one another.” (Page 159)

Product Details

• Title: Fiction from Tegel Prison
• Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Series: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
• Volume: 7
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2000
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology › History--20th century--Fiction
• ISBNs: 9780800683078, 0800683072
• Resource ID: LLS:DBW07
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:12:41Z

About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), a German theologian, pastor, and ecumenist, was a professor in Berlin, an uncompromising teacher in the Confessing Church, and a consistent opponent of National Socialism. Executed by Hitler at the end of World War II, his influence continues today as one of the most important theologians of the twentieth century. Bonhoeffer penned countless letters, portions of fiction, and several works on theology and ethics that have shaped modern religious thought. Life Together and The Cost of Discipleship are two examples of this modern martyr’s enduring legacy.