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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Fiction from Tegel Prison 1943-45: His Reflections on the Dark Side of Cultural Protestantism in Nazi Germany

  • John Moses

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    Abstract

    Born as fourth son into the family of a highly distinguished professorof medicine on February 4th, 1906 in Breslau, Dietrich Bonhoefferreceived the educational formation of a Bildüngsburger the aristocratsof culture and learning; a phenomenon peculiar to the German upperbourgeoisie of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was at a time when Germany was simultaneously both a respected and feared worldpower. I In his short life - he was executed by the Nazis for hightreason April, ninth, 1945 - Bonhoeffer accumulated a breathtaking list of accomplishments.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Dark Side: Proceedings of the Seventh Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference, 2002
    EditorsChristopher Hartney, Andrew McGarrity
    Place of PublicationSydney, Australia
    PublisherRLA Press
    Pages89-101
    ISBN (Print)1 86487 623 9
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    EventRLA 2002: Seventh Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference - University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Duration: 5 Oct 20027 Oct 2002

    Conference

    ConferenceRLA 2002: Seventh Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference
    CitySydney, Australia
    Period5/10/027/10/02

    Keywords

    • Religion and Religious Studies

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