Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus, Laura M. Fabrycky, an American guide of the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, takes readers on a tour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home, city, and world. She shares the keys she has discovered there—the many sources of Bonhoeffer's identity, his practices of Scripture meditation and prayer, his willingness to cross boundaries and befriend people all around the world—that have unlocked her understanding of her own life and responsibilities in light of Bonhoeffer's wisdom.

Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus tells his story in new ways and invites us to think beyond him into our own lives and civic responsibilities. Fabrycky shows readers how to consider what befriending Bonhoeffer might mean for us and the ways we live our lives today. Ultimately, through her transformative tour of Bonhoeffer's Berlin, she inspires readers to discover and embrace responsible forms of civic agency and loving, sacrificial action on behalf of our neighbors.

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Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus, Laura M. Fabrycky, an American guide of the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, takes readers on a tour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home, city, and world. She shares the keys she has discovered there—the many sources of Bonhoeffer's identity, his practices of Scripture meditation and prayer, his willingness to cross boundaries and befriend people all around the world—that have unlocked her understanding of her own life and responsibilities in light of Bonhoeffer's wisdom.

Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus tells his story in new ways and invites us to think beyond him into our own lives and civic responsibilities. Fabrycky shows readers how to consider what befriending Bonhoeffer might mean for us and the ways we live our lives today. Ultimately, through her transformative tour of Bonhoeffer's Berlin, she inspires readers to discover and embrace responsible forms of civic agency and loving, sacrificial action on behalf of our neighbors.

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Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

by Laura M. Fabrycky
Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

by Laura M. Fabrycky

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In Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus, Laura M. Fabrycky, an American guide of the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, takes readers on a tour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home, city, and world. She shares the keys she has discovered there—the many sources of Bonhoeffer's identity, his practices of Scripture meditation and prayer, his willingness to cross boundaries and befriend people all around the world—that have unlocked her understanding of her own life and responsibilities in light of Bonhoeffer's wisdom.

Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus tells his story in new ways and invites us to think beyond him into our own lives and civic responsibilities. Fabrycky shows readers how to consider what befriending Bonhoeffer might mean for us and the ways we live our lives today. Ultimately, through her transformative tour of Bonhoeffer's Berlin, she inspires readers to discover and embrace responsible forms of civic agency and loving, sacrificial action on behalf of our neighbors.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781506455914
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 03/24/2020
Pages: 275
Sales rank: 653,540
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Laura Fabrycky is a writer currently residing in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and three children. During her family's diplomatic assignment to Berlin, she served as a volunteer guide at the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin's Charlottenburg neighborhood.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Brief Chronology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life xix

Chapter 1 Visiting the House, Holding a Key 1

Chapter 2 Learning the Story 31

Chapter 3 Sources of Identity 57

Chapter 4 The Watchwords 91

Chapter 5 Crossing Boundaries 127

Chapter 6 Bonhoeffer by Bike 155

Chapter 7 Life as Ars Moriendi 181

Chapter 8 Befriending Bonhoeffer 215

Epilogue: A Tale of Two Houses 241

Endnotes 253

Bibliography 267

Index 275

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