Metaxas, Eric,

Bonhoeffer : pastor, martyr, prophet, spy : a righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich / Eric Metaxas. - Nashville : Thomas Nelson, [2011], ©2010. - xvi, 608 pages, [16] pages of plates : facsimile, illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Includes group reading guide (p. 593-608).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-569) and index.

Family and childhood -- Tübingen, 1923 -- Roman holiday, 1924 -- Student in Berlin, 1924-1927 -- Barcelona, 1928 -- Berlin, 1929 -- Bonhoeffer in America, 1930-31 -- Berlin, 1931-32 -- The Führer principle, 1933 -- The church and the Jewish question -- Nazi theology -- The church struggle begins -- The Bethel confession -- Bonhoeffer in London, 1934-35 -- The church battle heats up -- The conference at Fanø -- The road to Zingst and Finkenwalde -- Zingst and Finkenwalde -- Scylla and Charybdis, 1935-36 -- Mars ascending, 1938 -- The great decision, 1939 -- The end of Germany -- From confession to conspiracy -- Plotting against Hitler -- Bonhoeffer scores a victory -- Bonhoeffer in love -- Killing Adolf Hitler -- Cell 92 at Tegel Prison -- Valkyrie and the Stauffenberg plot -- Buchenwald -- On the road to freedom.

"Bonhoeffer" presents a profoundly orthodox Christian theologian whose faith led him to boldly confront the greatest evil of the 20th century, and uncovers never-before-revealed facts, including the story of his passionate romance.

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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 --Political and social views.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 --Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20)


Theologians--Germany--Biography.
Clergy--Germany--Biography.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Germany--Biography.
Spies--Germany--Biography.
Christian martyrs--Germany--Biography.
Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.


Germany--History--1933-1945--Biography.


Biography.

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