Folio Society, 2000

Born in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer died in 1945 at the hands of the hangman in a Gestapo prison. These letters and papers, smuggled out of prison, show what he might have become had he lived. His understanding of the world, balanced by humour, compassion and faith, made up a character that was, in the fullest sense of the word, saintly. As a theologian, Bonhoeffer's ideas are only now having their full effect. His influence can be seen strongly in England today, and his discussion of a `religionless Christianity' in this book, for instance, provides the key to such current debates as the Honest to God controversy...