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Dietrich Bonhoeffer | International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society
Description
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- along with his twin sister, Sabine -- was born on February 4, 1906, in Breslau, Germany. Later a student in Tubingen, Berlin, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York -- as well as a participant in the European ecumenical movement -- Bonhoeffer became known as one of the few figures of the 1930s with a comprehensive grasp of both German- and English-language theology.
His works resonate with a prescience, subtlety and maturity that continually belies the youth of their author.He wrote his dissertation, Sanctorum Communio, at the end of three years at the University of Berlin (1924-1927) and was awarded his doctorate with honors. Act and Being, his Habilitationsschrift, or qualifying thesis, allowing him to teach at the University of Berlin, was accepted in July 1930. The following year, 1930-1931, Bonhoeffer spent a postgraduate year at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He assumed his post as a lecturer in theology at the University of Berlin in August 1931. In the winter semester 1931-1932 Bonhoeffer presented the lectures that were published as Creation and Fall.
His final lecture courses at Berlin -- published as Christ the Center -- along with a seminar on the philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, were taught in the summer of 1933. His authorization to teach on the faculty of the University of Berlin was finally withdrawn on August 5, 1936.Bonhoeffer served as a curate for a German
Languages
English
Contact
- Bonhoeffer Society
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- Philadelphia Pennsylvania
- United States 19119-1794
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- +1.12104960367
