Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 5
Dietrich 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.
