Bonhoeffers Widerstand im Gedächtnis der Nachwelt

By (author) Tim Lorentzen

Book cover: Bonhoeffers Widerstand im Gedächtnis der Nachwelt

Extent: 636 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: German Studies, Religious Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9783506704733

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $102.00

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer died in a concentration camp in 1945. Today he is considered one of the most popular theologian thinkers worldwide. The remarkable career of his memory in both Western and Eastern Germany is described and analyzed here. The story follows closely the different communities interested in Bonhoeffer’s resistance and death, their design of memorials, anniversaries, speeches or expositions, and explains where they actually aimed for. Thus, the book can also be read as a history of political ethics in post-war German Protestantism.

Tim Lorentzen ist seit 2017 Professor für Neuere Kirchengeschichte an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Nach Studium der Evangelischen Theologie, Germanistik, Philosophie und Pädagogik war er 2003 bis 2017 Mitarbeiter an der Abteilung für Kirchengeschichte der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät in München. Seine breite Forschungs- und Publikationstätigkeit weist Schwerpunkte in der Reformation, der Kirchlichen Zeitgeschichte und der christlichen Gedächtniskultur auf.

  • By (author) Tim Lorentzen