Christian History Corner: Dietrich's Friend Eberhard
A fellow resister of the Nazis, editor, and biographer dies half a century after his subject and companion.
By Elesha Coffman | posted 4/28/00 | posted 4/01/2000 12:00AM
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Bethge is survived by Renate, a son, and two daughters.
Elesha Coffman is Assistant Editor of Christian History.
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obituary of Bethge in The Boston Globe.
Some more information on Bonhoeffer and Bethge are available
in "Bonhoeffer's Life Together And The Christian University," by Dan Caldwell, Chair of the Council on International Studies and Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University.
Bethge's biography of Bonhoeffer is available at the Christianity Online Bookstore.
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Christian History Corner appears every Friday at ChristianityToday.com. Previous Christian History Corners include:
When Is Easter This Year? | It may be hard to tell when Easter will fall, but it was even harder for the church to create its calculations. (April 20, 2000)
Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You | Christianity Today's annual book awards contain some choice history selections (April 14, 2000)
The Original 'Charitable Choice' Program | Transferring authority over Native Americans from the military to the church was a nice idea, but it failed. (Apr. 7, 2000)
Donne on Death | Poet John Donne's "morbid tendencies" were neither unfounded nor without an attendant hope. (Mar. 31, 2000)
Heaven Can't Wait | Mass suicides, like last week's in Uganda, may be a newer tactic, but the temptation to predict, even force, the coming of kingdom bliss is not. (Mar. 24, 2000)
Forgive and Remember | Pope John Paul II's apology was unprecedented, but not entirely unique. (Mar. 17, 2000)
Modernism's Moses | Harry Emerson Fosdick, one of the century's most controversial Christians, devoted much of his life to fighting fundamentalism. (Mar. 10, 2000)
The Man They Made a Monkey | William Jennings Bryan won the battle but lost the war against teaching evolution in the schools. (Mar. 10, 2000)
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