Books by Lisa E. Dahill

Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 8)

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Isabel Best, John W. de Gruchy, Lisa E. Dahill

Despite Dietrich Bonhoeffer's earlier theological achievements and writings, it was his correspondence and notes from prison that electrified the postwar world six years after his death in 1945. The materials gathered and selected by his friend Eberhard Bethge in Letters and Papers from Prison not only brought Bonhoeffer to a wide and appreciative readership, especially in North America, they also introduced to a broad readership his novel and exciting ideas of religionless Christianity, his open and honest theological appraisal of Christian doctrines, and his sturdy, if sorely tried, faith in face of uncertainty and doubt.
This splendid volume, in many ways the capstone of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, is the first unabridged collection of Bonhoeffer's 19431945 prison letters and theological writings. Here are over 200 documents that include extensive correspondence with his family and Eberhard Bethge (much of it in English for the first time), as well as his theological notes, and his prison poems. The volume offers an illuminating introduction by editor John de Gruchy and an historical Afterword by the editors of the original German volume: Christian Gremmels, Eberhard Bethge, and Renate Bethge.

Truly Present Practicing Prayer in the Liturgy

by Lisa E. Dahill

Dahill connects the liturgy to a series of spiritual practices that carry Sunday worship into the rest of the week. Each chapter is rooted in a central element of worship and is intended to help you engage that dimension of worship more fully and attentively.

The Worship Matters Studies Series examines key worship issues through studies by pastors, musicians, and lay people from throughout the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Features include:

Informal and insightful writing for all readers

Study questions at the end of every chapter

Examines vital issues in weekly worship

Helps leaders and congregants understand and experience worship more richly