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Strange glory : a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Charles Marsh

Author
Marsh, Charles, 1958-
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
x, 515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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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."
Summary
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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ISBN
9780307269812 (hbk.)
0307269817 (hbk.)
9780307390387 (pbk.)
0307390381 (pbk.)
9780385351690 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487) and index.
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