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Strange glory : a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Charles Marsh.

Author/creator Marsh, Charles, 1958- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Descriptionx, 515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Eternity's child -- "Italy is simply inexhaustible" -- University studies -- "Greetings from the matador" -- "Covered in the moss of tradition" -- "I heard the gospel preached in the Negro churches" -- "Under the constraint of grace" -- Theological storm troopers on the march -- Crying in the wilderness -- "A new kind of monasticism" -- "I must be a sojourner and a stranger" -- "Christmas amid the ruins" -- Killing the madman -- "The greatest of feasts on the journey to freedom."
Abstract A portrait of the German pastor-theologian draws on new research to cover the 1930 visit to America that shaped his perspectives on faith and moral responsibility, his achievements as an anti-Nazi activist, and the plot against Hitler that would result in his execution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 467-487) and index.
LCCN 2013045873
ISBN9780307269812 (hbk.)
ISBN0307269817 (hbk.)
ISBN9780307390387 (pbk.)
ISBN0307390381 (pbk.)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks BX4827 .B57 M37 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold