Daring, Trusting Spirit
Bonhoeffer's Friend Eberhard Bethge
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Daring, Trusting Spirit: Bonhoeffer's Friend Eberhard Bethge
How did Bonhoeffer's fame and influence happen? Much of the credit goes to Bonhoeffer's close friendship with his student and colleague Eberhard Bethge, says theologian John de Gruchy. In this important and fascinating work, de Gruchy narrates the course of that friendship, building on interviews and newly available primary sources.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800637583
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 240
- Publication Date September 16, 2005
Endorsements
"Here is Bethge's own story, warmly told for the first time. From personal knowledge and unpublished papers John de Gruchy paints a portrait of Bethge's generous humanity during his eventful life in Hitler's Germany and the post-war world. Everybody who met Eberhard Bethge and everyone interested in Dietrich Bonhoeffer will want this book."
— Clifford Green, Executive Director, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
"We have long known that Eberhard Bethge was Dietrich Bonhoeffer's alter ego. We have also known that he chose to serve the legacy of Bonhoeffer rather than foreground his own life and contributions. That modesty, though genuine, has not served us well. Bethge was a member of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church before he met Bonhoeffer, a participant with Bonhoeffer in the Church Struggle and the conspiracy against Hitler, and a deeply engaged pastor and man-of-his-own-time for fifty years after Bonhoeffer. Now, thanks to John de Gruchy, we have the rest of the story."
— Larry Rasmussen, Professor Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Only a Country Boy
Called to be a Pastor
A Decisive Turn - Beginnings of a Friendship
Finkenwalde
The House of Brethren - Entering a New World
A Growing Intimacy
The Collective Pastorates - Sharing a Double Life
First Steps into Resistance
The Gossner Mission and Military Intelligence - A 'Singular Friendship'
Friendship, Romance and Marriage
Letters from Prison - A Soldier in Italy
Growing Disgust
The 'Theological Letters' - Amidst the Ruins
Imprisonment and Escape
Pastor to the Desolate - Post-War Reconstruction
The Future of the Church?
Recovering the Truth - Retrieving a Legacy
First Steps in Publishing
Abroad and at Home - Interpreting Bonhoeffer
Giving Structure to the Task
Going Beyond Bonhoeffer? - The Rengsdorf Years
Teacher, Traveller, Host
The Biography - The Church Struggle Revisited
A Confessing Church in South Africa?
Confession and Resistance - Remembering the Past Rightly
Mediator of Resistance Memories
Bethge, Bonhoeffer and the Holocaust - A Remarkably Fulfilled Life
Senior Colleague
'Church Father'
Faithful Friend
Mensch
Photographs
Index