Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 11
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932
Translated from the German Edition
Edited by
Eberhard Amelung and Christoph Strohm
English Edition
Edited by
Victoria J. Barnett, Mark S. Brocker, and Michael B. Lukens
Translated by
Anne Schmidt-Lange, with Isabel Best,
Nicolas Humphrey, and Marion Pauck
Supplementary Material Translated by
Douglas W. Stott
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DIETRICH BONHOEFFER WORKS, Volume 11
Originally published in German as Dietrich Bonhoeffer Werke, edited by Eberhard Bethge et al., by Chr. Kaiser Verlag / Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh, in 1998; Band 11, Ökumene, Universität, Pfarramt: 1931–1932, edited by Eberhard Amelung and Christoph Strohm. First English-language edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 11, published by Fortress Press in 2012.
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The translation of this work was subsidized in part by a grant from the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Munich.
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Cover photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1931. © Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh, Germany, a division of Random House
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General Editor’s Foreword to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
Editors’ Introduction to the English Edition Michael B. Lukens, with Victoria J. Barnett and Mark S. Brocker
Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932
0. Assignment as Assistant Pastor in the City, Berlin, June 12, 1931
1. From Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Frankfurt, June 25, 1931
2. From Emil A. O. Karow, Seefeld im Tirol, July 10, 1931
2a. To Paul Lehmann, Bonn, July 10, 1931
3. To His Parents, Bonn, July 14, 1931
4. To Erwin Sutz, Bonn, July 15, 1931
5. To Erwin Sutz, Bonn, July 24, 1931
6. To Erwin Sutz, Bonn, July 24, 1931
7. To His Parents, Bonn, July 27, 1931
8. From the Evangelical Consistory of the Mark Brandenburg, Berlin, August 17, 1931
8a. To Paul Lehmann, Berlin, August 23, 1931
9. To Paul Althaus, Berlin, September 16, 1931
9a. Bonhoeffer Inscription at Union Theological Seminary, Berlin, September 1931
10. From Wilhelm Stählin to the German Section of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, Münster, September 19, 1931
11. To Erwin Sutz, Berlin, October 8, 1931
12. Circular Letter of the Provisional Bureau for Ecumenical Youth Work, Münster, October 15, 1931
13. To Wilhelm Stählin, Berlin, October 17, 1931
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About Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932, provides a comprehensive translation of Bonhoeffer’s important writings from 1931 to 1932, with extensive commentary about their historical context and theological significance. This volume covers the significant period of Bonhoeffer's entry into the international ecumenical world and the final months before the beginning of the National Socialist dictatorship. It begins with Bonhoeffer's return to Berlin in June 1931 after his year of study in the United States. In the crucial period that followed, Bonhoeffer continued his preparations for the ministry, began teaching at Berlin University, and became active at international ecumenical meetings. His letters and lectures, however, also document the economic and political turbulence on the European and world stage, and Bonhoeffer directly addresses the growing threat of the Nazi movement and what it portends not only for Germany, but for the world. Several of the documents in this volume, particularly the student notes of his university lecture on "The Nature of the Church" and his lectures on Christian ethics, give important insights into his theology at this point. His ecumenical lectures and reports are significant documents for understanding the ecumenical debates of this period. |
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