Letter of the Week
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In his unfinished magnum opus, Ethics (written between 1940 and his arrest in 1943), Dietrich Bonhoeffer formulated some of the most radical, mature, and enduring contributions to 20th-century Christian moral philosophy. Living under the tyranny of the Third Reich, Bonhoeffer abandoned static, rule-based moralism. Instead, he sought a dynamic ethics capable of addressing the concrete…
About the Archivist
This is a curated selection of letters that left a mark on the world, on someone’s life, or just in the margins of time.
Each is transcribed with care and respect for the medium that first carried it: the typewritten page.
Erick Chepkwony, TH.D 