Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Peter Frick -- Augustine and Thomas Aquinas in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Barry Harvey -- The Imitatio Christi of Thomas K̉empis and Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther / Wolf Krt̲ke -- Encounter with an other: Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Wayne Floyd -- Friedrich Schleiermacher and Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Christiane Tietz -- Kierkegaard as "antidote" and as impact on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's concept of Christian discipleship / Geffrey Kelly -- The influence of Wilhelm Dilthey on Bonhoeffer's Letters and papers from prison / Ralf W stenberg -- Friedrich Nietzsche's aphorisms and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology / Peter Frick -- The significance of Adolf von Harnack and Reinhold Seeberg for Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Martin Rumscheidt -- Rudolf Bultmann, Paul Tillich and Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Peter Frick -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: "within, not outside the Bartian Movement" / Andreas Pangritz -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Reinhold Niebuhr: their ethics, views on Karl Barth and African-Americans / Josiah Young -- "In the sphere of the familiar:" Heidegger and Bonhoeffer -- List of contributors -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.