Dietrich bonhoeffer biography eberhard bethge dietrich

          This celebrated biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eberhard BethgeBonhoeffer's friend, pupil, close associate and relative by marriagehas been fully reviewed....

          Eberhard Bethge

          German theologian and pastor ()

          Eberhard Bethge (August 28, &#; March 18, ) was a German theologian and pastor, best known for being the close friend and biographer of the theologian and anti-NaziDietrich Bonhoeffer.

          “Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran theologian and preacher who worked for the ecumene and strongly opposed the anti-semitic policies of Nazi Germany.

        1. This new edition of Eberhard Bethge's classic biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer brings into English for the first time the complete text of the German edition.
        2. This celebrated biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eberhard BethgeBonhoeffer's friend, pupil, close associate and relative by marriagehas been fully reviewed.
        3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: theologian, Christian, man for his times ; a biography.
        4. At a time when much of the world was either enticed with or entrapped by fascism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer dared to live the morally responsible Christian life to its most expressive, and tragic, end.

          5. Early life

          Bethge was born in Warchau, Landkreis Jerichow II, Province of Saxony, the Kingdom of Prussia, near Magdeburg, on August 29, He attended several universities, as is customary for theology students in Germany, before attending the underground Finkenwalde Seminary in Pomerania where Bonhoeffer taught in the name of Germany's Confessing Church (part of the anti-Nazi resistance).

          Bethge became Bonhoeffer's close friend and confidant.[1] With the help of pietist congregations within the old-PrussianEcclesiastical Province of Pomerania, the seminary would be relocated twice after Nazi-imposed closures.

          Resistance

          Although a member of the Resistance, Bethge was drafted to serve in the German army during World War II. He wa