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ISBN-10: 0-8006-8307-2
ISBN-13: 9780800683078
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Year: December 1999
Edition: annotated edition
Size: 16.03 x 23.70 x 2.84cm
Number of pages: 287
Weight: 590gr
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-8006-8307-2
ISBN-13: 9780800683078
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Country:
Year: December 1999
Edition: annotated edition
Size: 16.03 x 23.70 x 2.84cm
Number of pages: 287
Weight: 590gr
Binding: Hardcover
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Writing fiction---an incomplete drama, a novel fragment, and a short story---occupied much of Bonhoeffer's first year in Tegel prison, as well as writing to his family and his fiance and dealing with his interrogation. »There is a good deal of autobiography mixed in with it,« he explained to his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge. Richly annotated by German editors Renate Bethge and Ilse Todt and by Clifford Green, the writings in this book disclose a great deal of Bonhoeffer's family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that illuminate his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes became a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer's participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Hitler.
Writing fiction---an incomplete drama, a novel fragment, and a short story---occupied much of Bonhoeffer's first year in Tegel prison, as well as writing to his family and his fiance and dealing with his interrogation. »There is a good deal of autobiography mixed in with it,« he explained to his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge. Richly annotated by German editors Renate Bethge and Ilse Todt and by Clifford Green, the writings in this book disclose a great deal of Bonhoeffer's family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that illuminate his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes became a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer's participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Hitler.
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Theology in Fiction 
This Book goes hand in hand with Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison. It consists of a few acts of a play dealing with a young intellectual man, as well as some chapters from a novel dealing with a family on a retreat. We see Bonhoeffers focus on the power struggle in theology in the form of two boys striving for power in a schoolyard, as well as many different aspects of German Bourgiouse Culture in a very easy to understand manner. It is truly a shame that these fictional works could not be finished before Bonhoeffer's death. Throughout the book we can see Bonhoeffer's theology and autobiography play through in the characters, though at times it is near impossible to figure which character relates to the author himself. However, it prooves very fun, and opens up insight to understand Letters and Papers from Prison. It is clearly a must have for anyone who truly desires to capture Bonhoeffers mind. Displaying insight into Bonhoeffers family background, lifestyle, and watching thoughts of death break through in the brief parts of the play we are shown.
This Book goes hand in hand with Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison. It consists of a few acts of a play dealing with a young intellectual man, as well as some chapters from a novel dealing with a family on a retreat. We see Bonhoeffers focus on the power struggle in theology in the form of two boys striving for power in a schoolyard, as well as many different aspects of German Bourgiouse Culture in a very easy to understand manner. It is truly a shame that these fictional works could not be finished before Bonhoeffer's death. Throughout the book we can see Bonhoeffer's theology and autobiography play through in the characters, though at times it is near impossible to figure which character relates to the author himself. However, it prooves very fun, and opens up insight to understand Letters and Papers from Prison. It is clearly a must have for anyone who truly desires to capture Bonhoeffers mind. Displaying insight into Bonhoeffers family background, lifestyle, and watching thoughts of death break through in the brief parts of the play we are shown.
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