Letters and Papers from Prison: New edition, with a new introduction by Samuel WellsOne of the great classics of prison literature, Letters and Papers from Prison effectively serves as the last will and testament of the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the Nazis after incarceration in Tegel Prison. Acute and subtle, warm and perceptive, yet also profoundly moving, the documents collectively tell a very human story of loss, of courage, and of hope. Bonhoeffer's story continues to be as vitally relevant, as politically prophetic, and as theologically significant, as it always has. This edition includes a new introduction by Samuel Wells |
Contents
June21 November 1943 | 11 |
Prayers for FellowPrisoners | 30 |
Report on Prison Life after One Year in Tegel | 82 |
Thoughts on the Day of the Baptism | 99 |
The Past | 114 |
Who am I? | 130 |
Miscellaneous Thoughts | 141 |
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