Theological Education at Finkenwalde

H. Gaylon Barker is president of the International Bonhoeffer Society-English language section and served on the editorial board of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English series published by Fortress Press. He also serves as a pastor at St. Andrew”s Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut, and is adjunct associate professor of theology and religious studies at Molloy College. He is coeditor of Theological Education at Finkenwalde: 1935-1937: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 14 (Fortress Press, 2013).

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the most significant Protestant theologians of the twentieth century, a legacy sealed by his imprisonment in a German concentration camp and eventual execution. His resistance against Nazism and pivotal role in the Confessing Church movement have been key points of illumination for many on the nature of Christian political witness and action. Millions have been inspired by his rich reflections on the Christian life, especially his beloved works on discipleship and ethics. As a professor, seminary leader, and ecumenical theologian, Bonhoeffer’s work also profoundly shaped academic theology, especially systematic theology, and the life of the church.

Mark S. Brocker is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and currently serves as theologian in residence at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School and was volume editor for volume 16, Conspiracy and Imprisonment: 1940-1945 in the English edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s complete works. In 2016 Brocker served as president of the International Bonhoeffer Society–English Language Section.