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Bonhoeffer Reading Room

This page is designed to help make writings on and by Dietrich Bonhoeffer available to those without easy access to a theological library. Most links connect you to scanned, published books and articles made available by Google Books (often 75% of content). Importantly, Google Books allows you to search within a volume and also across volumes (rather than across the entire WWW). The Google Book Project also makes hard to find and expensive monographs readily accessible to researchers. This Reading Room collects those relevant materials on one page.

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Primary Sources

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works:
- Vol. 1, Sanctorum Communio. A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church. Wayne W. Floyd, trans. Fortress, 1998.
- Vol. 2, Act and Being. Fortress, 1996 (see also full text, Harper & Brothers edition, 1961).
- Vol. 3, Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3. D.S. Bax, trans. Fortress, 2003.
- Vol. 4, Discipleship. B. Green, R. Krauss, trans. Fortress, 2001 (see also The Cost of Discipleship, R.H. Fuller, trans. SCM, 2006);
- Vol. 5, Life Together; Prayerbook of the Bible. Fortress, 2005 (see also Life Together and Psalms: Prayer Book of the Bible. Augsburg, 1974).
- Vol. 6, Ethics. R. Krauss C.C. West, D.W. Stott, trans. Fortress, 2005.
- Vol. 7, Fiction from Tegel Prison. Augsburg Fortress, 1997.
- Vol. 9, The Young Bonhoeffer: 1918-1927. Augsburg Fortress, 2003.
- Vol. 13, London, 1933-1935. I. Best, trans. Augsburg Fortress Press, 2007.
- Vol. 16: Conspiracy and Imprisonment, 1940-1945. Augsburg Fortress, 2006.
Letters and Papers from Prison. John Bowden, trans. SCM-Canterbury, 2001 (see also full text, Macmillan edition, 1959, R.H. Fuller, trans.).
Communion of Saints. A Dogmatic Inquiry into the Sociology of the Church. Harper & Row, 1963 (this copy is hosted by "questia" -some cost involved)
Spiritual Care. J.C. Rochelle, trans. Fortress, 1985.
La parole de la prédiction. Cours d`homilétique à Finkenwalde. (ET: Worldly Preaching: Lectures on Homiletics). Henry Mottu, trans. Labor et Fides, 2003.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Witness to Jesus Christ. The Making of Modern Theology. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Texts. John De Gruchy, ed. Fortress, 1991.
(with W.W. Floyd). The Wisdom and Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fortress, 2000.
Instructions in Daily Meditation, in: Meditating on the Word, 1936.
Barcelona: March 1928—February 1929, in: Dietrich Bonhoeffer`s Christmas Sermons. Edwin Robertson, trans. Zondervan, 2005. Pp. 17-27.
Previously Unpublished Letters to Paul Lehmann. Wallace Alston and Michael Welker, eds. Theology Today, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Oct 1996), pp. 289-298.
A Bonhoeffer Sermon: On a Psalm of Vegeance [Psalm 58, 1937]. Donald Bloesch, trans. Theology Today, Vol. 38, No. 4 (1982), pp. 465-471.
Vergangenheit: Loss!, in: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prison Poems. Edwin Robertson, trans. Zondervan, 1999. Pp. 21-32 (with commentary).
(with Maria von Wedemeyer). Brautbriefe Zelle 92: Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Maria von Wedemeyer 1943-1945. 4. Aufl. C.H.Beck, 2004 (see also copy).

For further research, see: Primary Sources Bibliography (Burke Library, Union Theological Seminary)

Secondary Sources
Introductory Articles and Essays on Bonhoeffer

Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, in: Biographisch-Bibligraphisches Kirchenlexikon, vol. I. Traugott-Bautz, 1990 [Online version: latest edition, Jan 2009].
De Gruchy, John W. Bonhoeffer. The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. Gareth Jones, ed. Blackwell, 2007. Ch. 22.
Floyd, W.W. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918. 3rd ed. David Ford, ed. Blackwell, 2005. Ch. 2 (see also copy).
Grenz, Stanley and LeRoy Miller. Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies. Fortress, 1998. Ch. 5.
Grenz, Stanley and Roger Olson. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Transcendence in the Midst of Life. In: Twentieth Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Hauerwas, Stanley. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology, Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh, ed. Blackwell, 2004. Ch. 10.
Krause, Gerhard. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Theologische Realenzyklopaedie, Bd. 7. DeGruyter, 1981.
Livingston, James C., and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Modern Christian Thought, Vol. 2: The Twentieth Century. Fortress, 2006², pp. 111-132.
Marsh, Charles. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century. Ed. David Ford. Blackwell, 1997. Ch. 2 (also copy).

Introductory Books and Biographies on Bonhoeffer

Barz, Paul. I am Bonhoeffer: A Credible Life - A Novel. D.W. Stott, trans. Fortress Press, 2008; see also Bonhoeffer: An Introduction Through Drama, by Tim Jorgenson. Xulon, 2002.
Bethge, Eberhard. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography. Victoria Barnett, trans. Fortress, 2000 [ this is the most authoritative Bonhoeffer biography -ANF].
Bethge, Renate. Bonhoeffers Familie und ihre Bedeutung für seine Familie. Lecture given at the Gedenkstätte deutscher Widerstand, November 1985. Pp. 40 .
Bethge, Renate and C. Gremmels. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Life in Pictures. Brian McNeil, trans. Fortress, 2006. See also R. Bethge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life. Fortress, 2004.
Green, Clifford J. Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality. Eerdmans, 1999.
Haynes, Stephen R. The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon. Portraits of a Protestant Saint. Fortress Press, 2004
Marsh, Charles. Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Promise of His Theology. Oxford, 1994.
Rasmussen, Larry. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Reality and Resistance. Westminster John Knox, 2005.
Raum, Elizabeth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Called by God. Continuum, 2003.
Roark, Dallas M. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Makers of the Modern Theological Mind. Word, 1972.
Schlingensiepen, Ferdinand. Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945: Eine Biographie. 4. Aufl. C.H.Beck, 2007.
Wind, Renate. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel. John Bowden, trans. Eerdmans, 1992.

Monographs and Collections on Aspects of Bonhoeffer`s Theology

Brakelmann, Günter and Traugott Jähnichen, eds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Stationen und Motive auf dem Weg in den politischen Widerstand. LIT, 2005.
Daum, Hans Friedrich. Die Stellvertretung Jesu Christi. Ein Aspekt des Gott-mensch-verhältnisses bei Dietrich Bonhoeffer. LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2006.
De Gruchy, John W. The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Cambridge University, 1999.
De Gruchy, John W. Daring, Trusting Spirit: Bonhoeffer`s Friend Eberhard Bethge. Fortress, 2005.
Devine, Mark. Bonhoeffer Speaks Today: Following Jesus at All Costs. B&H, 2005.
Feil, Ernst. Die Theologie Dietrich Bonhoeffers: Hermeneutik, Christologie, Weltverständnis. LIT, 2005.
Feil, Ernst, et al., eds. Zivilcourage und demokratische Kultur: 6. Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Vorlesung, Juli 2001 in München. LIT, 2002.
Frick, Peter, ed. Bonhoeffer`s Intellectual Formation: Theology & Philosophy in His Thought. Mohr Siebeck, 2008.
Hartmann, Wolfgang. Existenzielle Verantwortungsethik: Eine moraltheologische Denkform als Ansatz in den theologisch-ethischen Entwürfen von Karl Rahner und Dietrich Bonhoeffer. LIT, 2005.
Haynes, Stephen R. The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives. Fortress, 2006.
Kelly, Geffrey B. and F. Burton Nelson The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Eerdmans, 2003.
Lange, Christina. Dietrich Bonhoeffer im Religionsunterricht. Dissertation, Univ. Kassel, 2008. Pp. 290.
Mar Paulsoe, Paulose. Encounter in Humanization: Insights for Christian-Marxist Dialogue and Cooperation. CSS, India [publication of author`s 1976 Princeton PhD dissertation: "A Bonhoefferian Corrective of Karl Marx’s Critique of Religion"].
Marty, Martin, ed. The Place of Bonhoeffer: Problems and Possibilities in His Thought. Association Press, 1962.
Matthews, John W. Anxious Souls Will Ask--: The Christ-centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Eerdmans, 2005.
Mottu, Henry and Janique Perrin, eds. Actualité de Dietrich Bonhoeffer en Europe latine: actes du colloque international de Genève, September 23-25, 2002. Labor et Fides, 2004.
Nielsen, Kirsten Busch et al., eds. Mysteries in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Copenhagen Bonhoeffer Symposium. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007.
Plant, Stephen. Bonhoeffer: Outstanding Christian Thinkers. Continuum, 2004.
Roberts, James Deotis. Bonhoeffer and King: Speaking Truth to Power. Westminster John Knox, 2005.
Tietz-Steiding, Christiane. Bonhoeffers Kritik der verkrümmten Vernunft: Eine erkenntnistheoretische Untersuchung. Mohr Siebeck, 1999.
Tödt, Heinz Eduard. Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer`s Theological Ethics in Context. D. Stassen and I. Tödt, trans. Eerdmans, 2007.
Wendel, Ernst Georg. Studien zur Homiletik Dietrich Bonhoeffers: Predigt, Hermeneutik, Sprache. Mohr Siebeck, 1985.
Wick, Stefan. "Suchet den Herrn und ihr werdet leben!" Gottessuche in Dietrich Bonhoeffers Schrift "Gemeinsames Leben" und der Benediktsregel. Eine vergleichende Studie. LIT, 2006.
Wyller, Trygve. Glaube und autonome Welt: Diskussion eines Grundproblems der neueren systematischen Theologie mit Blick auf Dietrich Bonhoeffer. (Dissertation, Oslo, 1994). Walter de Gruyter, 1998.
Zimmerling, Peter. Bonhoeffer als praktischer Theologe. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006.

Essays, Articles and Chapters on Aspects of Bonhoeffer`s Life and Theology

Banner, Michael C. Who are my mother and brother? Marx, Bonhoeffer and Benedict and the Redemption of the Family, in: Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems. Cambridge, 1999. Ch. 7, pp. 225-251 (also copy).
Bayer, Oswald. Christus als Mitte. Bonhoeffers Ethik im Banne der Religionsphilosophie Hegels?. Leibliches Wort: Reformation und Neuzeit im Konflikt. Mohr Siebeck, 1992. S. 245-264.
Bertram, Robert W. Bonhoeffer`s "Battle(s) for Christendom". His "Responsible Interpretation" of Barmen, in: A Time for Confessing. Ed. M. Hoy. Eerdmans, 2008. Ch. 5, pp. 65-95.
Brown, Robert McAfee. New data for a new Bonhoeffer. Theology Today, Vol.29, No.3 (1972), pp. 246-257.
Bruhn, Siglind. Tyrannicide and Conscience in Nazi Germany: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Saints in the Limelight: Representations of the Religious Quest on the Post-1945 Operatic Stage. Pendragon, 2003. Pp. 546-572.
Chung, Paul S. Dietrich Bonhoeffer und die asiatische kontextuelle Theologie in ihrem Verhältnis zum Minjung (dem leidenden Volk, den Armen) und der Prajna (Weisheit) des Inter-being (Inter-esse, Zusammen-Sein). EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland), 2006.
Dahill, Lisa E. Reading from the Underside of Selfhood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation, in: Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality. E. Dreyer and M. S. Burrows, eds. JHU Press, 2005.
de Gruchy, John. Sanctorum Communio and the Ethics of Free Responsibility. Reflections on Bonhoeffer`s Ecclesiology and Ethics, in: For All People: Global Theologies in Contexts. E.M. Wiberg Pedersen et al., eds. Eerdmans, 2003. Pp. 86-108; What Kind of Pacifist? Bonhoeffer and the Path of Resistance. Christian Century, July 13, 2004; Bonhoeffer’s Legacy: A New Generation. Christian Century, April 2, 1997, pp. 343-345.
de Lange, Fritz. Against Escapism: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Contribution to Public Theology, in: Christian in Public. Aims, Methodologies and Issues in Public
Theology. Len Hansen, ed. Beyers Naudé Centre Series on Public Theology, Volume 3. Sun Press 2007. Pp. 141-152.
DeYoung, Curtiss Paul. Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice. Fortress, 2007.
Dramm, Sabine. Dietrich Bonhoeffers religionsloses Christentum--ein Paradoxon?. Religion--aber wie?: Religionsphilosophische Perspektiven. H.R. Schlette, ed. Königshausen & Neumann, 2002. Pp. 117-136.
Duff, Nancy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer`s Theological Ethic, The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Vol. 15 No. 3 (1994). Pp. 263ff.
Ebert, Theodor. Gewaltfreier Widerstand — Taugt die gewaltfreie Aktion auch zum Widerstand gegen Diktaturen? Eine Untersuchung am Fall Bonhoeffer. Lecture given for the Evangelischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Betreuung der Kriegsdienstverweigerer in Württemberg (EAK), Stuttgart, Nov. 21, 2002.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Bonhoeffer and the Sovereign State, First Things (August/September 1996).
Field, David N. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), in: Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians. Ed. Don H. Compier, Pui-lan Kwok, Joerg Rieger. Fortress, 2007. Ch. 27, pp. 389-404.
Ford, Charles. Bonhoeffer, Luther, and the German Resistance. Presented at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Conference, Fort Wayne, IN. Feb. 2006. Pp. 15-29.
Ford, David F. Bonhoeffer, Holiness and Ethics, in: Holiness Past and Present. Ed. Stephen C. Barton. Continuum, 2003. Ch. 17, pp. 361-380 (also copy).
Gilbert, Felix. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in A European Past: Memoirs, 1905-1945. W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. Pp. 91-97.
Green, Clifford. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), in: Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia. Ed. J.L. Houlden. ABC-CLIO, 2003. Pp. 137-140.
Gremels, Christian. "Nur der leidende Gott kann helfen". Theologische Bemerkungen zu Dietrich Bonhoeffers Rede von Gott in seinen Briefen und Auszeichnungen aus dem Haft, in: Als gäbe es Ihn nicht - Vernunft und Gottesfrage heute. G. Kruip and M. Fischer, ed. Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover. LIT, 2006. Pp. 211-218.
Gushee, David P. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Evangelical Moment in American Public Life, Studies in Jewish Christian Relations, vol. 2, no. 1 (2007), pp. 8-12.
Hall, Douglas John. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Ethics of Participation. Paper delivered at the University of Calgary, March 8, 2004.
Hamilton, William. Secular theology for a world come of age. Theology Today, Vol.18, No.1 (Jan 1962), pp. 435-459; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Radical Theology and the Death of God, Bobbs-Merrill, 1966.
Hauerwas, Stanley. Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Truth and Politics, Reflections: Centre of Theological Inquiry, vol. 6 (2002); also as video lecture and interview with Homiletics Online; Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Lying - Reflections on America. Audio Lecture, Calvin College, Jan. 2003.
Hauerwas, Stanley. Dietrich Bonhoeffer`s Political Theology, Conrad Grebel Review, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2002), pp. 17-39 (and responses).
Holland, Scott. A poetics of place and an entanglement with people: a relational reading of Bonhoeffer`s theology, in: Theology and Conversation: Towards a Relational Theology. J. Haers and P. De Mey, eds. Peeters, 2003; First we take Manhatten, then we take Berlin: Bonhoeffer`s New York. Cross Currents, Vol. 50, Issue 360 (Fall 2000).
Jones, L. Gregory. The Cost of Forgiveness. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Reclamation of a Christian Vision and Practice, in: Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis. Eerdmans, 1995 (Ch. 1, pp. 3-34).
Jüngel, Eberhard. Bonhoeffers Beitrag zur Rede vom Tode Gottes in die Theologie. Gott als Geheimnis der Welt: zur Begründung der Theologie des Gekreuzigten im Streit zwischen Theismus und Atheismus. Mohr Siebeck, 2001⁷.
Krötke, Wolf. Dietrich Bonhoeffer als "Theologe der DDR. Ein kritischer Rückblick, Die Kirche im Umbruch der Gesellschaft: Theologische Orientierungen im Übergang vom "real existierenden Sozialismus" zur Demokratischen, pluralistischen Gesellschaft. Mohr Siebeck, 1994; Bonhoeffer — Faszination? Einige persönliche Beobachtungen (ca. 2005), Wolf-Krötke Online; ‚Nur der leidende Gott kann helfen`. Nachforschungen zum christlichen Verständnis von Heil bei Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Vortrag im Pastoralkolleg Pullach am 25.01.2008. Wolf-Krötke Online; Dietrich Bonhoeffers Forderung der `nichtreligiösen Interpretation biblische Begriffe`. Leitlinie für die Kirche von heute?. Vortrag im Evangelischen Stift Tübingen am 12.11.2007; Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ein lutherischer Theologe im Widerstand. Vortrag im Augustinerkloster Erfurt am 17.11.2007; Pazifismus und Widerstand bei Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Zur Friedensrede auf der Fanøkonferenz 1934.
Kürschner, Mathias. Das Wort ward Schrift. Inverbation bei Hellmuth Fry und Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Kritik, die vom Kreuz ausgeht. Thorsten Dietz, Torsten Küster, eds. R. Brockhaus, 2001.
Lovin, Robin. Ethics for this world: what would Bonhoeffer do?. Christian Century, April 19, 2005.
Martin, Karl. Die Wendung Dietrich Bonhoeffers vom Theologen zum Christen Biographische Hintergründe für Bonhoeffers ökumenische Friedensethik und Theologie. Vortrag, Wiesbaden auf der Jahrestagung des dbv am 8. Mai 2004 in Eisenach/Thüringen; Warum kehrte Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1939 von New York nach Deutschland zurück?. Vortrag gehalten auf der Veranstaltung „Kultur als Waffe — Intellektuelle im Exil" am 20 Juli 2001 an der Französischen Friedrichstadtkirche am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. Pp. 9; Ich möchte glauben lernen. Die Wandlungsprozesse in der Biographie Dietrich Bonhoeffers, Wiesbaden, 2005.
Melano, Beatriz. The Influence of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Lehmann, and Richard Shaull in Latin America. The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 1 (2001). Pp. 64ff.
Miller, Patrick. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Psalms. The Princeton Seminary Bulletin Vol. 15 No. 3 (1994). Pp. 274ff.
Möller, Christian. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Oder: Um Christi Willen das Alte Testament predigen, in: Die homiletische Hintertreppe: Zwölf Biographisch-Theologische Begegnungen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007 (ch. 8, pp. 129-146).
Moltmann, Jürgen. Klaus und Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Zeugen des Widerstands: Ehemalige Studenten der Universität Tübingen, die im Kampf gegen den Nationalsozialismus starben, J. Mehlhausen and K.D. Bracher, ed. 2nd ed. Mohr Siebeck, 1998. Pp. 194-216.
Nation, Mark Thiessen. The First Word Christians Have to Say About Violence is "Church". On Bonhoeffer, Baptists, and Becoming a Peace Church, in: Faithfulness and Fortitude: Conversations with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas. M. Nation and S. Wells, ed. Continuum, 2000. Ch. 5, pp. 83-116.
Nicholl, Frank. An Unmistakable Accent: Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture. D. Neville and P. Matthews, eds. Australian Theological Forum, 2003. Pp. 137-145.
O`Gorman, Ned. "Telling the Truth:" Dietrich Bonhoeffer`s Rhetorical Discourse Ethic, Journal of Communication and Religion, Vol. 28 (November 2005), pp. 224-248.
Prüller-Jagenteufel, Gunter. "Dem Rad in die Speichen fallen" (D.Bonhoeffer). Theologische Ethik zwischen Anpassung und Widerstand, in: Inkulturation: historische Beispiele und theologische Reflexionen zur Flexibilität und Widerständigkeit des Christlichen. R. Klieber and M. Stowasser, ed. LIT, 2006. Pp. 228-248.
Ray, Stephen G. Difference as Defilement. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Jewish Question, in: Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Responsibility. Fortress Press, 2003. Pp. 75-96.
Rieger, Hans-Martin. Das Verhältnis von Theologie und Kirche in der neueren protestantischen Theologie: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Theologie als Funktion der Kirche: Eine systematisch-theologische Untersuchung zum Verhaltnis von Theologie und Kirche in der Moderne. (Habilitationsschrift, Jena, 2005). DeGruyter, 2007. S. 124-144.
Robbins, Jeffrey W. The Path of Theology: A Study Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Between Faith and Thought: An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition. University of Virginia Press, 2003. Pp. 44-66.
Rohde-Liebenau, Wolfram. London-Februar 1934: Was ist Wahrheit?, in: Verantwortung, Mai 2001, S. 16ff.
Root, Andrew. Part II: Who is Jesus Christ? Where is Jesus Christ? What then Shall we Do?, in: Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation. InterVarsity, 2007. Ch. 4,5,6.
Rosner, Brian S. Bonhoeffer on Disappointment, in: The Consolations of Theology. Ed. Brian S. Rosner. Eerdmans, 2008. Pp. 107-130.
Rowell, Andrew. Innovative Ecclesiastical Practices: Emerging Churches in Dialogue with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. January 2007. Pp. 47.
Schoenborn, Paul Gerhard. "Tu deinen Mund auf für die Stummen." Dietrich Bonhoeffers Widerstand gegen die Judenverfolgung im Dritten Reich. Eberhard Bethge in Dankbarkeit und Verehrung zum 28. August 1999. Lecture given on October 1, 1998 at the Jewish Museum at Westfalen in Dorsten.
Schönherr, Albrecht. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Message of a Life, Christian Century, November 27, 1985, pp. 1090-1094.
Siemon-Netto, Uwe. Bonhoeffer, the Bold Sinner. Presented at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Conference, Fort Wayne, IN. Feb. 2006. Pp. 5-14.
Smith, Lacey Baldwin. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World. Northwestern University Press, 1997. Pp. 316-337.
Tietz, Christiane. Unzeitgemäße Aktualität. Religionskritik in Zeiten der "Wiederkehr der Religion". In: Kritik der Religion: Zur Aktualität einer unerledigten philosophischen und theologischen Aufgabe. I.U. Dalferth and H.-P. Grosshans, eds. Mohr Siebeck, 2006.
Trowitsch, Michael. "Auf die Anfänge des Verstehens zurückgeworfen." Bemerkungen zu Dietrich Bonhoeffers Hermeneutik; Die Freigabe der Welt. Der Gedanke der Schöpfungsmittlerschaft Jesu Christi bei Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Jesus Christus: Wahrheit der Kirche, Einheit der Wirklichkeit--oder Bonhoeffer und die Postmoderne, in Trowitsch, Über die Moderne hinaus: Theologie im Übergang. Mohr Siebeck, 1999. Ch. 7-9; Luther und Bonhoeffer. Zugleich: eine Meditation über das Mittleramt Jesu Christi, in: Luther, zwischen den Zeiten: Eine Jenaer Ringvorlesung. C. Markschies and M. Trowitzsch, eds. Mohr Siebeck, 1999. Pp. 185-207.
Verkamp, Bernard J. On Doing the Truth: Orthopraxis and the Theologian. Theological Studies, Vol. 49 (1988), pp. 3-24.
Volkmann, Michael. Dietrich Bonhoeffer und die Juden. Evangelischer Arbeitskreis Kirche und Israel in Hessen und Nassau. Materialdiest, Nr. 2 (2006).
von Klemperer, Klemens. Über Luther hinaus? Dietrich Bonhoeffer und der Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus, in: Politischer Wandel, organisierte Gewalt und nationale Sicherheit: Beiträge zur neueren Geschichte Deutschlands und Frankreichs. E.W. Hansen et al., eds. Oldenbourg, 1995. Pp. 403-416.
Weaver, Matthew Lon. Theology of Resistance in Bonhoeffer and Tillich, in: Resistance and Theological Ethics. Ed. R.H. Stone and R.L. Stivers. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. Ch. 19, pp. 299-312.
Weber, Friedrich. Dietrich Bonhoeffers weltliches Reden von Gott. Vortrag zur Nordeuropäischen Kathedralenkonferenz „Kathedrale und säkulare Gesellschaft" am 8. Mai 2007 in Magdeburg. Pp. 13.
Williams, Rowan. The Suspicion of Suspicion: Wittgenstein and Bonhoeffer, in: Wrestling with Angels: Conversations in Modern Theology. Ed. Mike Higton. Eerdmans, 2007. Ch. 10, pp. 186-202.
Zimmerling, Peter.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer und George Bell. Ökumenische Freundschaft im Ernstfall, in: Wegbereiter der Ökumene im 20. Jahrhundert. Christian Möller et al., eds. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005.
- Spiritualität der Bekennenden Kirche: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), in: Evangelische Spiritualität: Wurzeln und Zugänge. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003. Pp. 109-125.
Theological Journals Search (theological journals for which full text is freely available on the Internet -- links to many very good articles on Bonhoeffer)
Tyndale`s eJournal Database -- More than 400 full-text journal articles on Bonhoeffer; note: for Tyndale students and faculty only. (Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "All" databases; over 170 full-text theological journals available to you from home; for a few additional journals, go back to Tyndale Journal Database and choose the ProQuest Religion or JSTOR databases); see list of Tyndale`s academic ejournals with full-text articles for download.
For further research, see:
- Bonhoeffer Bibliography- Update 2009, compiled by Joel Lawrence. International Bonhoeffer Society. Pp. 16
- Bonhoeffer Bibliography- 2006-2007, compiled by Joel Lawrence. International Bonhoeffer Society.
- Bonhoeffer Bibliography- Update 2005, ed. Craig J. Slane. International Bonhoeffer Society.
- Bonhoeffer Bibliography: Secondary Sources. Columbia University, 2005. Pp. 178.

Bonhoeffer: Lectio Divina

Arnold, Matthieu. 15 Days of Prayer with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Tr. Jack McDonald. New City Press, 2009.
Dean, O.C., ed. and trans. I Want to Live These Days with You: A Year of Daily Devotions [Bonhoeffer selections]. Westminster John Knox, 2007.
Klug, Ron, ed. 40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Augsburg Fortress, 2007.
Larsen, Sandy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Costly Grace. 3rd ed. InterVarsity, 2002.

Bonhoeffer on the WWW

International Bonhoeffer Society
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Online Exhibition. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Wikipedia [German] (the German Wikipedia article is particularly good)
See the primary and secondary sources hosted by questia; some costs involved.

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Hauck, Friedrich and Gerhard Schwinge. Theologisches Fach- und Fremdwörterbuch: Mit einem Verzeichnis von Abkürzungen aus Theologie und Kirche und einer Zusammenstellung lexikalischer Nachschlagewerke. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002.
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