Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible: Dietrich Bonhoeffer WorksDietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translation of Bonhoeffer's writings, with introductions, annotations, and interpretations.The stimulus for the writing of Life Together was the closing of the preacher's seminary at Finkenwalde. The treatise contains Bonhoeffer's thoughts about the nature of Christian community based on the common life that he and his seminarians experienced at the seminary and in the "Brother's House" there. Bonhoeffer completed the writing of Life Together in 1938.Prayerbook of the Bible is a classic of Christian spirituality. In this theological interpretation of the Psalms, Bonhoeffer describes the moods of an individual's relationship with God and also the turns of love and heartbreak, of joy and sorrow, that are themselves the Christian community's path to God. |
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Life Together offers a very contemporary and neo-monastic explanation of community. Perhaps the most helpful I have encountered so far. The Prayerbook of the Bible portion was good, though I found it more an aid for reflection on the Psalms rather than a reinforcing Christological template advocated by Bonhoeffer.
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Contents
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THE DAY TOGETHER | 48 |
THE DAY ALONE | 81 |
SERVICE | 93 |
CONFESSION AND THE LORDS SUPPER | 108 |
EDITORS AFTERWORD TO THE GERMAN EDITION | 119 |
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EDITORS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION | 143 |
The History of Salvation | 165 |
The Church | 167 |
Life | 168 |
Suffering | 169 |
Guilt | 171 |
Enemies | 174 |
The End | 176 |
EDITORS AFTERWORD TO THE GERMAN EDITION | 178 |
INTRODUCTION | 155 |
Those Who Pray the Psalms | 158 |
Names Music Verse Form | 160 |
The Worship Service and the Psalms | 161 |
Classification | 162 |
Creation | 163 |
The Law | 164 |
CHRONOLOGY OF LIFE TOGETHER AND PRAYERBOOK OF THE BIBLE | 182 |
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EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS | 217 |
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