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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
Mark and Barbara Galli live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. This is their first joint contribution to Christian History.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: From the Editor - A Spiritual Tonic
DR. KEN CURTIS Founder and Senior Editor
The Life and Death of a Modern Martyr
Born into privilege, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was headed toward a brilliant career as a theologian. Then he came to see life "from the perspective of those who suffer." In Nazi Germany, that cost him his life.
Dr. Geffrey B. Kelly is professor of systematic theology at La Salle University in Philadelphia and author of Liberating Faith: Bonhoeffer's Message for Today (Augsburg, 1984).
Daring Thoughts
Selected quotations from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings. Quotations primarily from A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, edited by Geffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson (HarperCollins, 1990).
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Gallery of Family, Friends, & Co-Conspirators
Significant people in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life
Dr. F. Burton Nelson is professor of theology and ethics at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, and co-author of A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (HarperCollins, 1990).
Bonhoeffer's Costly Theology
His controversial yet Christ-centered beliefs were formed not only in the classrooms of Tübingen, but also in the cells of Tegel Prison.
John D. Godsey
Barth and Bonhoeffer
What did Bonhoeffer think of this century's most influential theologian?
Dr. John D. Godsey is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and author of The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Westminster, 1960).
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christian History Timeline
Information based upon timelines in Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Man of Vision, Man of Courage, by Eberhard Bethge (New York: Harper & Row, 1970) and A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer edited by Geffrey Kelly and F. Burton Nelson (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1990).
Radical Resistance
Bonhoeffer took an early and active stand against the Nazis.
Dr. Richard V. Pierard is professor of history at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. He has twice held Fulbright professorships in Germany.
Exploring Bonhoeffer's Writings
Some of his works are little known. Some are fictional. But all are provocative. Here's a brief guide.
Dr. Clifford Green is professor of theology and ethics and director of the public policy center at Hartford Seminary. He is author of The Sociality of Christ and Humanity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Early Theology, 1927–1933 (Scholars Press, 1975).
Friends He Met in America
Three colleagues from Union Theological Seminary who deeply influenced Bonhoeffer
Dr. F. Burton Nelson is professor of theology and ethics at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, and co-author of A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (HarperCollins, 1990).
Pastor Bonhoeffer
Though known as a theologian and resister, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was also a pastor—even in his final moments.
Dr. F. Burton Nelson is professor of theology and ethics at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, and co-author of A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (HarperCollins, 1990).
My Friend Dietrich
His closest companion reflects on the meaning of Bonhoeffer's life for us today.
Dr. Eberhard Bethge is author of the definitive biography Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Man of Vision, Man of Courage (English edition: William Collins and Harper & Row, 1970). Translated by Phillip M. Hofinga.
Bonhoeffer
A photo album
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Recommended Resources
The Golden Age of Hymns: Did You Know?
Dr. James Townsend is Bible editor at David C. Cook Publishing Co. and author of eight volumes in The Bible Mastery Series (Cook).
The Hymn Born in a Synagogue
How a Hebrew text and synagogue melody became a well-known Christian hymn.
Dr. James D. Smith III is Senior Pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church and Adjunct Professor of Church History at Bethel Seminary-West, both in San Diego. He is a member of the advisory board of Christian History.
The Golden Age of Hymns: From the Editor - Silent String
KEVIN A. MILLER
The Forgotten Wesley
Often overshadowed by his famous older brother, Charles Wesley has emerged as perhaps "the greatest hymnwriter of all ages."
Dr. James Townsend is Bible editor at David C. Cook Publishing Co. and author of eight volumes in The Bible Mastery Series (Cook).
Radicals in Times of Revolution
Dr. James Townsend is Bible editor at David C. Cook Publishing Co. and author of eight volumes in The Bible Mastery Series (Cook).
Why Wesley Still Dominates Our Hymnbook
Two centuries later, what's the secret of Charles Wesley's undiminished popularity?
The Right Reverend Timothy Dudley-Smith is Anglican Bishop of Thetford, Great Britain, and author of A Flame of Love: A Personal Choice of Charles Wesley's Verse (Triangle, 1987).
The Hymn Explosion
In 1700, there were precious few English hymns. In 1800, there were hymnbooks galore. What happened?
Dr. Robin A. Leaver is Professor of Church Music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and teaches in the liturgical studies program at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. He is the author or editor of twenty-four books on hymnody and related subjects.
Where Did We Get The Doxology?
The story behind what may be the world's best-known hymn.
Dr. James D. Smith III is Senior Pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church and Adjunct Professor of Church History at Bethel Seminary-West, both in San Diego. He is a member of the advisory board of Christian History.
The Golden Age of Hymns: A Gallery of the Hymn Writers' Hall of Fame
The poets who put words in our mouths.
Vinita Hampton Wright is Editorial Assistant for Harold Shaw Publishers. She has written previously for Christian History.
Other Important Hymn Writers
The Golden Age of Hymns: Christian History Timeline
Dr. Paul Westermeyer is Professor of Church Music at Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary in St. Paul and author of The Church Musician (Harper & Row, 1988)
America's Hesitation Over Hymns
Why did colonial churches resist the first British musical invasion?
Dr. David W. Music is Associate Professor of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, and editor of The Hymn, the quarterly journal of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Were Hymns Good Poetry?
They have endured. But does their lasting popularity prove their quality?
Dr. Jan Anderson is Professor of English at Clearwater (Fla.) Christian College.
The Spiritual
In the furnace of slavery, a lasting musical form was forged.
Angela M. S. Nelson is a doctoral candidate in American culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University.
What Did Slave Songs Sound Like?
Angela M. S. Nelson is a doctoral candidate in American culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University.
A New Species of Christian Song
Where did the English hymn come from?
Dr. Madeleine Forell Marshall is on the faculty of the University of San Diego and of California State University at San Marcos. She has taught literature at the University of Puerto Rico, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and St. Olaf College. She is co-author, with Janet Todd, of English Congregational Hymns in the Eighteenth Century (Kentucky, 1982).
Irrational Music Sung By a Mob of Extremists?
Why the Church of England disliked hymns
Dr. Madeleine Forell Marshall is on the faculty of the University of San Diego and of California State University at San Marcos. She has taught literature at the University of Puerto Rico, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and St. Olaf College. She is co-author, with Janet Todd, of English Congregational Hymns in the Eighteenth Century (Kentucky, 1982).
Three Hymnals That Shaped Today's Worship
The hymnbooks of John Wesley, John Newton, and John Rippon endured for generations.
William J. Reynolds is professor of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and author of Songs of Glory (Zondervan, 1990).
The Golden Age of Hymns: Recommended Resources
Bonus Section: Who Put the Gideon Bible in Your Hotel Room?
Nearly 100 years ago, two traveling strangers met by chance, never dreaming what they would start.
Kevin A. Miller is editor of Christian History.
Down and Out From Beverly Hills
One man's encounter with a Gideon Bible
PAUL MYERS
Women in the Medieval Church: Did You Know?
Jeannette L. Angell is a doctoral candidate in history and liturgics at the School of Theology, Boston University.
Women in the Medieval Church: From the Editor - In the Middle (Ages) of a Debate
KEVIN A. MILLER
Catherine of Siena
She lived only 33 years, but her vibrant faith and writings were so influential she has been declared a Doctor of the Church.
Caroline T. Marshall is Professor of History at James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia, and a contributor to The History of Christianity (Lion, 1977).
The Black Death
Catherine of Siena lived—and helped others—during the most devastating plague in human history.
—The Editors
Five Religious Options for Medieval Women
In the High Middle Ages, Christian women found many ways to live a holy life.
Dr. Ann K. Warren is Adjunct Associate Proffessor of History at Case Western Reserve University and author of Anchorites and Their Patrons in Medieval England (California, 1985).
Terms of the Religious Life
Life in a Medieval Village
From birth to death, a peasant woman's difficult life intersected the church.
Frances and Joseph Gies are the authors of many hooks on the Middle Ages including Life in a Medieval Village (Harper & Row 1990) from which this article is excerpted by permission.
Inside the Convent
How did convents arise? Why did so many medieval women enter them?
Dr. Jo Ann McNamara is Professor of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, and author of Women and the Structures of Society (Duke, 1984).
A Skeptic Inside the Nunnery
Spiritual vitality—and tensions—within a twelfth-century priory.
Women in the Medieval Church: A Gallery of Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World
Dr. Katharina M. Wilson is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and editor of Medieval Women Writers (Georgia, 1984).
Joan of Arc
The courageous and controversial teenager who saved her country
The Editors
Women in the Medieval Church: The Christian History Timeline
Dr. Thomas O. Kay is Chair of the Department of History at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair
She became an acclaimed abbess; he was one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval world. Yet their fabled love deeply damaged them both.
Dr. Ruth A. Tucker is visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. She is author of eight books, including Daughters of the Church (with Walter Liefeld; Zondervan, 1987) and Stories of Faith (Zondervan, 1990).
The Mystics
Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?
Dr. Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Oxford, 1986).
Voices of the Mystics
Writings from Women in the Medieval Church
Brief selections from four key books
Women in the Medieval Church: Recommended Resources
The Faith Behind the Famous: Isaac Newton
He has been called "the greatest scientific genius the world has known." Yet he spent less time on science than on theology.
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
Newton's Views on Science and Faith
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
Significant Events in the Life of Isaac Newton
Charles E. Hummel is author of The Galileo Connection and Genesis: God's Creative Call (both InterVarsity).
Readers Respond to the 100 Events Issue
Which events should have been listed? Here's what you said.
KEVIN A. MILLER
Charles H. Spurgeon: Did You Know?
A collection of true and unusual facts about Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Eric W. Hayden, formerly minister at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, is the author of numerous books on Spurgeon, including Searchlight on Spurgeon (Pilgrim, 1973).
From the Editor: Sleepy Preaching
MARSHALL SHELLEY [Executive Editor, Christian History]
The Life & Times of Charles H. Spurgeon
He was the quintessential Victorian Englishman, yet his masterful preaching astonished his era—and lives long beyond it.
Dr. Patricia Stallings Kruppa is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of C. H. Spurgeon: A Preacher's Progress (Garland, 1982).
Spurgeon's Conversion
The story he told over 280 times in his sermons
MARY ANN JEFFREYS
Sayings of Spurgeon
A sampling of his wisdom and wit
compiled by MARY ANN JEFFREYS
The Secrets of Spurgeon's Preaching
Why would thousands come to hear him speak?
Lewis A. Drummond
Compel Them to Come In
An earnest evangelistic appeal from the Prince of Preachers
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon
Debilitating gout, poisonous slander, recurring depression—Spurgeon suffered them all. What happened to his faith as a result?
Dr. Darrel W. Amundsen is professor of classics at Western Washington University and co-editor of Caring and Curing (Macmillan, 1988).
Charles H. Spurgeon: Christian History Timeline
What Did Spurgeon Believe?
He insisted on thinking through his theology for himself—and often found himself out of step with his age.
Mark Hopkins is lecturer in church history at Theological College of Northern Nigeria.
The Down-Grade Controversy
What caused Spurgeon to start the most bitter fight of his life?
Mark Hopkins is lecturer in church history at Theological College of Northern Nigeria.
Caring for Children
Charles H. Spurgeon: A Gallery of Famous Friends
Eric W. Hayden, formerly minister at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, is the author of numerous books on Spurgeon, including Searchlight on Spurgeon (Pilgrim, 1973).
by ERIC W. HAYDEN [ERIC W. HAYDEN Eric W. Hayden, formerly minister at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, is the author of numerous books on Spurgeon, including Searchlight on Spurgeon (Pilgrim, 1973).]
The Political Force
Spurgeon often got in the middle of hot national issues.
Dr. David W. Bebbington is senior lecturer in history at University of Stirling in Stirling, Scotland.
Spurgeon's College
His innovative school for training pastors continues nearly 150 years later.
Michael Kenneth Nicholls is vice-principal of Spurgeon's College in London.
Charles H. Spurgeon: Recommended Resources
Spurgeon
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