Indeed, I have recently been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s sublime and challenging Letters from Prison, in which he yearns for a Christ capable of offering mercy to a world, our world, then in the process of being martyred for a single man. Written in a cramped, dank, and putrid cell, where hope was meant to die before the body, Bonhoeffer crafted a book rich in faith, openness, possibility, and, yes, hope – even in humanity’s darkest hour.
事实上，我最近正在读迪特里希·朋霍费尔令人赞叹且极具挑战性的《狱中书简》一书，他在书中渴望有一个能向世界（我们的世界）施恩的救世主，随后又能为了一个人的福祉而殉道。在一个希望很可能比肉体更早死亡的，狭窄，阴冷而腐臭的囚室中，朋霍费尔写出了一本充满了信念，开放性思维，可能性，当然还有希望的著作——即便是在那个人类历史上最黑暗的时代。