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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 – 1945

German Lutheran pastor and theologian who resisted Nazism, founded an illegal seminary, and was executed in 1945 for participating in a plot against Hitler.

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Scripture as Real Presence

2017

Hans Boersma's study emerges from contemporary debates over biblical interpretation, particularly the perceived divide between historical-critical scholarship and spiritual reading of Scripture. Writing as an Anglican t…

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