Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, vol. 10: Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928–1931
Overview
The period 1928–1931, which followed completion of his dissertation, was formative for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s personal, pastoral, and theological direction. Almost all of these 900 pages of writings appear in English here for the first time. They document the intense four-year period that included preparation of his postdoctoral thesis; a vicarage in Barcelona; occasional lectures; his postdoctoral academic year at Union Theological Seminary; travel around the United States, Cuba, and Mexico; and his reentry into the German academic and ecclesial scene.
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Key Features
- Contains letters, sermons, addresses, catechitical lessons, lectures, diaries, and documents
- Illuminates the four years of study and travel that Bonhoeffer enjoyed before returning to Germany
- Provides the foundation for his work with the university and church
Praise for the Print Edition
Barcelona, Berlin, New York is a publishing event of great importance. Readers now and in future generations can follow Dietrich Bonhoeffer through the breakthroughs and transformations in his early journey from ‘the phraseological to the real’: the pastorate in Barcelona, a restless tenure in academe, and the decisive encounters in America, which together form a gateway into a more demanding and complex theological life. The pleasure of this volume comes from Clifford. J. Green’s superb introduction, the generous insights and commentaries of the editorial team, and the intimate and often surprising details that shape Bonhoeffer’s vocation as a public theologian, dissident pastor, and champion of human rights. A major scholarly achievement!
—Charles Marsh, professor of religious studies, The University of Virginia
Dietrich Bonhoeffer scholars and the worldwide church will welcome this new volume focused on Bonhoeffer’s experiences in Barcelona, Berlin, and New York. That this volume is dedicated to the people of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem is fitting, for Abyssinian strengthened both Bonhoeffer’s unique faith and his prophetic hopes for the church and the world ‘come of age.’
—Josiah Young, professor of systematic theology, Wesley Theological Seminary
This extraordinary volume traces Bonhoeffer’s development during the crucial years 1928–1931 and opens a window into his personal and intellectual life. These writings, most available for the first time in English, are essential reading for anyone interested in Bonhoeffer’s life and theology. The editors have done a superb job putting together a volume that belongs in the library of every student, pastor, and scholar.
—Ronald F. Thiemann, Benjamin Bussey Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School
Product Details
- Title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, vol. 10: Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928–1931
- Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Translator: Douglas W. Stott
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 2008
- Pages: 790
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.
Top Highlights
“In New York, they preach about virtually everything; only one thing is not addressed, or is addressed so rarely that I have as yet been unable to hear it, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the cross, sin and forgiveness, death and life.” (Page 313)
“Religion and morality pose the most serious threat to knowledge of divine grace, for they bear the germ of wanting to find one’s own way to God, to make oneself master over God even though such attempts are merely human works and as such are subject to the judgment of eternity.” (Pages 483–484)
“But this means that the path to God is forever a hopeless one, if God does not come to us; it means that our religion, too, is nothing if God does not say yes to it. Not religion, but rather revelation, grace, love; not the path to God, but rather God’s path to human beings, that is the sum total of Christianity.” (Page 483)
“So what stands in place of the Christian message? An ethical and social idealism borne by a faith in progress that—who knows how—claims the right to call itself ‘Christian.’ And in the place of the church as the congregation of believers in Christ there stands the church as a social corporation.” (Page 313)
“The theological spirit at Union Theological Seminary is accelerating the process of the secularization of Christianity in America. Its criticism is directed essentially at fundamentalism and to a certain extent also at the radical humanists in Chicago; such criticism is healthy and necessary. But the foundation on which one might rebuild after tearing down is not able to support the weight. The collapse destroys it as well. A seminary in which numerous students openly laugh during a public lecture because they find it amusing when a passage on sin and forgiveness from Luther’s de servo arbitrio[15] is cited has obviously, despite its many advantages, forgotten what Christian theology in its very essence stands for.” (Pages 309–310)
- Title: Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928–1931
- Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Series: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
- Volume: 10
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 › Correspondence; Theologians › Germany--Correspondence; Theology; Lutheran Church › Sermons; Sermons, German › Translations into English
- ISBNs: 9780800683306, 0800683307
- Resource ID: LLS:DBW10
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:12:43Z
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.