Reading Bonhoeffer: A Guide to His Spiritual Classics and Selected Writings on Peace

by Geffrey B. Kelly

Overview

The German theologian Dorothee Soelle once wrote that "Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the one German theologian who will lead us into the third millennium". Now as we near the end of the first decade of this third millennium, Bonhoeffer continues to inspire new generations of those who have recognised in him a spiritual guide in their actions on behalf of peace and social justice. The author, Geffrey Kelly, Bonhoeffer scholar and past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society, provides a critical analysis and reading guide to two of Bonhoeffer's classic spiritual texts. Reading Bonhoeffer offers a running commentary of each segment of these popular texts along with discussion questions suitable for the university and seminary classroom as well as for parish adult education programs using these two books. In the final section of the book, Dr Kelly has excerpted and analyzed three significant texts by Bonhoeffer on the need for world peace against the rising militarism and continued glorification of war in Germany and other European nations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227172728
Publisher:	Lutterworth Press, The
Publication date:	11/27/2008
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	0.42(w) x 8.00(h) x 5.00(d)

About the Author

Geffrey B. Kelly is Professor of Systematic Theology at La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Best known for his research and publications on the theology and spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kelly is past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section. The present book is the offshoot of his editorial work for the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English Edition—the new translations and critical editions of the collected writings of Bonhoeffer, which are being published by Fortress Press. Among his recent works on Bonhoeffer are Liberating Faith (2002), The Cost of Moral Leadership (2002), and A Testament to Freedom: (1995).

Table of Contents

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biographical Sketch 1; On Reading Bonhoeffer's Spiritual Classic, Discipleship; Life Together: Bonhoeffer on Christian Community; Selected Writings on Peace: An Ecumenical Conference and Two Sermons.