Author:
Clements, Keith, author.
Imprint:Geneva, Switzerland : World Council of Churches, 2015.
Descriptionxv, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:Introduction: " With him, I believe": The Ecumenical Witness -- Young Bonhoeffer: A case study in Ecumenical formation -- Enter a new recruit -- On his own terms -- Ecumenism and Peace: Theological Foundations -- Crisis 1933: Church, nation, and Oikoumene -- Ecumenical Friendship: 1933 -- 1935 -- "The hour is late": Frano 1934 in context -- "The question has been posed": Is the Ecumenical Movement Church? -- Christian, Ecumenical, German: Shifting priorities, 1938-1939 -- In Ecumenical Conspiracy: 1939-1943 -- Ecumenism from prison -- Still ahead of us? The continuing quest.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This book aims to show how and why for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from the conclusion of his student years in Berlin to his death on the Nazi gallows at Flossenburg, the ecumenical movement was central to his concerns.
