For fascination, influence, inspiration, and controversy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison is unmatched by any other book of Christian reflection written in the twentieth century. A Lutheran pastor and theologian, Bonhoeffer spent two years in Nazi prisons before being executed a[...]
Percolation theory deals with clustering, criticallity, diffusion, fractals, phase transitions and disordered systems. This book covers the basic theory for the graduate, and also professionals dealing with it for the first time.[...]
In the Holy Land in dogged pursuit of an ancient Egyptian scroll that promises to reveal the secrets of the universe, even as Bonaparte launches his deadly invasion of Israel. The inventive Gage faces old enemies as he must use all his wit and derring-do to prevent dark powers from seizing control o[...]
Revolutionary Paris, 1798. Adventurer Ethan Gage - gambler, sharpshooter and pupil of the late Benjamin Franklin - wins a mysterious medallion in a card game. Within hours he is framed for murder and, facing the grim prospect of either prison or death, he barely escapes France with his life, choosin[...]
This book is the celebration of small buildings, those unexpected structures that make us momentarily pause to ponder their meaning, or our own meaning, or simply to appreciate the elegance of their creation. From the spectrum of functions and styles of these structures, it is clear that size impose[...]
Make the most of FileMaker Pro 13-without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to create FileMaker Pro databases that perform well, are easy to manage, solve problems, and achieve your goals! Even if you've never used FileMaker Pro before, you'll learn how to do what you want, o[...]
Unleash Your Secret Weapon for Restoring Trust: Open, Honest Communications! Most PR books tell you how to "spin" your message. People are sick of that! Spin Sucks will teach you how to communicate honestly, responsibly, openly, and authentically...and truly earn the trust of your customers, stakeho[...]
Control networks span a wide range of application areas. These networks are put into action in the Digital Home', industrial applications, commercial buildings, transportation systems, gas stations, security systems, and they are found in most instances where smart sensors and smart actuators are us[...]
The authoritative biography of Bonhoeffer -- theologian, Christian, man for his times.
This volume consists of excerpts from Bonhoeffer's 1933 lectures that insisted Christians encounter Jesus Christ as a living person today, as well as in history and church life.[...]
Drawing on newly available diaries, transcripts, reminiscences of participants, and archives, Sabine Dramm has thoroughly researched and written a new, more detailed, and comprehensive view of Dietrich Bonhoeffers role in the resistance against Adolf Hitler and the conspiracy on his life. Dramms wor[...]
Here is offered the complete text in translation, annotated by the German and American editors. The historical context is explained and textual commentary is provided in a Foreword and Afterword.[...]
The crown jewel of Bonhoeffer's body of work, Ethics is the culmination of his theological and personal odyssey. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, this new critical edition features an insightful Introduction by Clifford Green and an A[...]
Bonhoeffer reveals a great deal of his family context, social world, and cultural milieu in this fiction from his first year in prison.[...]
Then came the crisis of 1933. This is Bonhoeffers own phrase in a letter that documents a turning point in his own life as well as that of the nation. Of Bonhoeffers own life at this time, his biographer writes, The period of learning and roaming from 1928 until 1931 had come to an end as the young [...]
Creation and Fall originated in lectures given by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932-33 during the demise of the Weimar Republic and the birth of the Third Reich. In the course of these events, Bonhoeffer called his students to focus their attention on the[...]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical tran[...]
The crown jewel of Bonhoeffer's body of work, Ethics is the culmination of his theological and personal odyssey. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, this new critical edition features an insightful Introduction by Clifford Green and an A[...]
Now in an affordable paper edition, Sanctorum Communio is more readily usable for teaching and scholarship. The work, available in this series for the first time in its entirety in English, includes all material omitted from the original 1930 German publication. Bonhoeffer's doctoral dissertation se[...]
Volume 11 in the sixteen-volume Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English Edition, Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 19311932, provides a comprehensive translation of Bonhoeffers important writings from 1931 to 1932, with extensive commentary about their historical context and theological significanc[...]
In the spring of 1935 Dietrich Bonhoeffer returned from England to direct a small illegal seminary for the Confessing Church. The seminary existed for two years before the Gestapo ordered it closed in August 1937. The two years of Finkenwalde's existence produced some of Bonhoeffer's most significan[...]
"Musica Poetica" provides an unprecedented examination of the development of Baroque musical thought. The initial chapters, which serve as an introduction to the concept and teachings of musical-rhetorical figures, explore Martin Luther's theology of music, the development of the Baroque concept of [...]
An illuminating study of prayer using the Psalms as a guidebook.