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Dietrich Bonhoeffer.


Dietrich Bonhoeffe

Renate Bethge & Christian Gremmels

Fortress Press

c/o Augsburg Fortress Augsburg Fortress is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and also publishes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as Augsburg Fortress Canada. , Publishers

PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209

0800638115 $25.00 www.fortresspress.com

Now in a new edition with additional photographs and a new design, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Noun 1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer - German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)
Bonhoeffer
: A Life In Pictures is a biography of pastor, theologian the·o·lo·gi·an  
n.
One who is learned in theology.


theologian
Noun

a person versed in the study of theology

Noun 1.
, and resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45), featuring more than 200 vintage black-and-white photographs, including portraits of Bonhoeffer's ancestors Ancestors
See also father; heredity; mother; origins; parents; race.

archaism

an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n.
 and family gatherings, press photos of contemporary events, maps, postcards, newspaper accounts, and more. The chronicle of the chapters of Bonhoeffer's life tells of his passionate faith, his resistance against the totalitarian and genocidal gen·o·cide  
n.
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.



[Greek genos, race; see gen
 Nazi regime, Germany, his detention by the state, and execution. A passionately faithful Christian up until the last moments of his life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's story is a tribute to his courage, morals, high ideals, and honor. Highly recommended.
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Title Annotation:Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Life in Pictures
Author:Bethany, Susan
Publication:Reviewer's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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