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Lives of Great Religious Books Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb ii 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::1199 AAMM Lives of Great Religious Books Th e Tibetan Book of the Dead, Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison, Martin E. Marty Augustine’s Confessions, Garry Wills forthcoming: Revelation, Bruce Chilton Th e Analects of Confucius, Annping Chin and Jonathan D. Spence Th e Dead Sea Scrolls, John J. Collins Th e Bhagavad Gita, Richard H. Davis Josephus’s Th e Jewish War, Martin Goodman Th e Book of Mormon, Paul Gutjahr Th e Book of Genesis, Ronald S. Hendel Th e Book of Job, Mark Larrimore Th e Greatest Translations of All Time: Th e Septuagint and Th e Vulgate, Jack Miles Th e Passover Haggadah, Vanessa Ochs Th e Song of Songs, Ilana Pardes Rumi’s Masnavi, Omid Safi Th e I Ching, Richard J. Smith Th e Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, David Gordon White MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb iiii 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::1199 AAMM Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s Letters and Papers fr om Prison A Biography Martin E. Marty PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS Princeton and Oxford MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb iiiiii 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::2200 AAMM Copyright © 2011 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marty, Martin E., 1928– Dietrich Bonhoeff er’s letters and papers from prison : a biography / Martin E. Marty. p. cm. — (Lives of great religious books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-13921-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Bonhoeff er, Dietrich, 1906–1945. 2. Bonhoeff er, Dietrich, 1906–1945. Widerstand und Ergebung. 3. Prisoners of war— Germany—Correspondence. 4. Th eologians—Germany— Correspondence. I. Title. BX4827.B57M359 2011 230(cid:1).044092—dc22 [B] 2010029618 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Jacket photograph: Prison cell in Tegel; archival photo Th is book has been composed in Garamond Premier Pro Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb iivv 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::2200 AAMM To John de Gruchy and Victoria J. Barnett and in memory of Eberhard Bethge MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb vv 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::2200 AAMM This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Th e Birth of a Book 1 Chapter 2 Th e “Gradual” Editor 31 Chapter 3 Th e Decisive Turns 51 Chapter 4 Travels East 74 Chapter 5 Travels West 103 Chapter 6 Th e Worlds of Two Strangers 133 Chapter 7 Travels around the World 178 Chapter 8 Continuity and Change 211 Notes 247 Index 261 vii MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb vviiii 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::2200 AAMM This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Following page 30 Figure 1. Bonhoeff er in prison Figure 2. Bonhoeff er with other prisoners at Tegel prison Figure 3. Window in Bonhoeff er’s cell at Tegel Figure 4. Berlin-Tegel prison Figure 5. Prisoners’ quarters at Flössenbürg Figure 6. Th e execution site at Flössenbürg Figure 7. Th e wedding of Eberhard Bethge and Renate Schleicher Figure 8. Wallet picture of Maria von Wedemeyer Figure 4 is in the Ullstein Biederdienst collection; all other fi gures are from archival collections, now widely available ix MMaarrttyy..iinnddbb iixx 1122//11//22001100 1111::3300::2200 AAMM
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