--- product_id: 1527466 title: "Letters and Papers from Prison" brand: "dietrich bonhoeffer" price: "£17.17" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1527466-letters-and-papers-from-prison store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Letters and Papers from Prison **Brand:** dietrich bonhoeffer **Price:** £17.17 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Letters and Papers from Prison by dietrich bonhoeffer - **How much does it cost?** £17.17 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1527466-letters-and-papers-from-prison) ## Best For - dietrich bonhoeffer enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted dietrich bonhoeffer brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Letters and Papers from Prison ## Images ![Letters and Papers from Prison - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/713GUWNkbML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Immensely Moving *by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2012* It's impossible to write a review that can, in any way, describe the depth and intensity of this book. It merits a review of each letter. It is listed in Terry Glaspey's Great Books of the Christian Tradition. It is a collection of letters to and from the great martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer during his two-year imprisonment prior to his hanging in April 1945. The letters express a vast range of thought and emotion. In a few letters, he does express complex theological ideas, but in most of them, it is profoundly readable as he expresses what it means to be human in a difficult situation. He acknowledged the revelation that the Christian life is not lived in theological work or in contemplation or meditation, but in the ups and downs of daily human life. Much of it is difficult to read not only because of the angst it produces but also because of the tears in the reader's eyes make it difficult to see the words on the page. As I have tried to say, the breadth of thought is too great to summarize in a review, but it was notable to me that he stated that he was no longer certain that the ideas he expressed in his book "The Cost of Discipleship" were valid. In the early days, he said that he read the Psalms every day and was reading the Bible straight through. He often quoted Scripture or referred to passages, testifying to his love of and value for the Bible, a Book that too many people deprive themselves of altogether, even though they are free and not confined in prison. He said that he believed that his time in prison was not wasted though he did not know what would come of it. He wrote, "I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless, and that it is good for us all that it should be so, even if it runs counter to our own wishes. As I see it, I'm here for some purpose, and I only hope I may fulfill it." Of course, his letters themselves present a unique view of what it means to live as a Christian in the most horrible circumstances imaginable. He often said that his fellow prisoners and the guards found him calm and pleasant, while he often felt anything but that inside. He was depressed, happy, lonely, content in solitude, crabby, compassionate. The entire spectrum of human life and feeling is expressed through these letters in a way that could never occur in a formal theology book. And in a sense, he expressed in a simple, straightforward way the thoughts of humankind about life. It is very simple and very profound and heartbreaking, all at the same time. This is a book not to be missed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars What ever he was, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was no Christian *by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2012* A very enlightening book, and a shocking book. Christians frequently quote sections from "The Cost of Discipleship", re: "cheap grace", however I bet they won't be quoting this much ! It's also a very personal book. While Bonhoeffer continued to the end to speak in the letters to his parents in traditional terms, the letters to his friend betray a continuing radical shift in his thinking from any conceivable traditional position in Christianity. I am left to wonder whether he even actually intellectually assented to a personal god, in the end. If his god is irrelevant, as he states, then why discuss that god at all ? (Igtheism ?) Very interesting, (and comforting actually) that Dietrich was not, in general, in any way tortured, and in fact grew to love his solitude, and the time it gave him to think and write. There is no way anyone could maintain that his mental faculties were diminished by the prison experience. I wish I had read this a LONG time ago. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Brand new book *by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024* Having read Dietdrich Bonhoeffer's "The cost of discipleship" many times and still reading from it daily, I just HAD to get his "Letters from prison". I got is under "Used books". It arrived lightning-fast, and it is virtually brandnew, unread, at just over two dollars. How wonderful. 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