Marsh, Charles, 1958-

Strange glory : a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Charles Marsh. - First edition. - x, 515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487) and index.

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."

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.

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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.


Theologians--Germany--Biography.
Clergy--Germany--Biography.

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