From the ashes of Dresden to existential grace -- . lectures and essays by a former Hitler Youth and a survivor of the firebombing of Dresden, who found a gracious God in a fallen world in the theology of German martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The author studied theology at the universities of Heidelberg, Bonn, and Goettingen and holds a Ph.D. degree in church history. Over a long career as a Lutheran pastor, professor, and lecturer, Bahmann views Christian ministry as Bonhoeffer would have, had he lived, and had he realized that our rapidly changing world has not become religionless but without spiritual clarity and direction.