Letters and Papers from Prison
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Letters and Papers from Prison is a posthumously published collection of theological reflections, letters, and essays written by German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer during his imprisonment by the Gestapo.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Letters and Papers from Prison canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ letter collection ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| about |
Christian resistance to Hitler
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's imprisonment ⓘ spiritual reflections before execution ⓘ |
| author | Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ |
| compiledFrom |
Bonhoeffer's prison correspondence
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Bonhoeffer's prison correspondence ⓘ
surface form:
Bonhoeffer's prison manuscripts
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| containsForm |
essays
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letters ⓘ theological reflections ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| editor | Eberhard Bethge ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
life and faith under totalitarianism
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personal spiritual struggle ⓘ role of the church in society ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian theology
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non-fiction ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
costly grace in a secular world
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responsible action before God ⓘ solidarity with the suffering ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Nazi Germany
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World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| influenced |
20th-century Christian theology
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ethics of resistance ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian discipleship
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church and world ⓘ ethics ⓘ faith under persecution ⓘ resistance to Nazism ⓘ suffering ⓘ “religionless Christianity” ⓘ |
| posthumous | true ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumously published ⓘ |
| publisherRole | first major English-language introduction to Bonhoeffer's prison writings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ethics (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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The Cost of Discipleship ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly theological studies ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
clergy
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general Christian readers ⓘ students of Christian ethics ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | Bonhoeffer's imprisonment by the Gestapo ⓘ |
| writtenFrom | Tegel Prison ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Ethics (Bonhoeffer)