Voices in the Night

by Editor and Translator Edwin Robertson

• ISBN13: 9780310228745
• ISBN10: 0310228743
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

In the face of the horrors of the Nazi regime, the spirit of Deitrich Bonhoeffer burned its brightest. From his cell in Flossenburg Prison, where he awaited execution for conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler, this beloved pastor, theologian, writer, and voice of Christian conscience wrote ten powerful poems, charged with the white-hot emotions and disarming candor of a man who lived and ultimately died by the truth. Voices in the Night is an all-new translation of Bonhoeffer's prison poems. Here are the reflections of one of Christianity's most influential and convicting modern writers, complete with biographical information and a clear, illuminating commentary on each poem. These magnificent writings, written for friends, and for his fiancée Maria von Wedemeyer, reveal Bonhoeffer at his most intimate. Filled with contrasting images -- with forlorn grays and stark black-and-whites set against life's most vivid colors -- Voices in the Night ranges, psalm-like, over the broad spectrum of human experience.

Table of Contents

A Personal Note	p. 9
Introduction	p. 15
Vergangenheit - Loss!	p. 21
Commentary	p. 28
Gluck und Ungluck - Success and Failure	p. 33
Commentary	p. 38
Wer bin Ich? - Who Am I?	p. 43
Commentary	p. 47
Christen und Heiden - Christians and Others	p. 51
Commentary	p. 54
Nachtliche Stimmen - Voices in the Night	p. 57
Commentary	p. 68
Stationen auf dem Wege zur Freiheit - Stages on the Way to Freedom	p. 73
Commentary	p. 77
Der Freund - The Friend	p. 83
Commentary	p. 90
Det Tod des Mose - The Death of Moses	p. 95
Commentary	p. 107
Jona - The Sacrifice of Jonah	p. 113
Commentary	p. 116
Von guten Machten - By Kindly Powers Surrounded	p. 121
Commentary	p. 125
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