Editing Dietrich Bonhoeffer (section)

=== Return to Germany ===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0211-316, Dietrich Bonhoeffer mit Schülern.jpg|thumb|Bonhoeffer on a retreat weekend with [[Confirmand#Protestant views|confirmands]] of Zion's Church congregation (1932)<ref>''Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pfarrer, Berlin-Charlottenburg 9, Marienburger Allee 43: Begleitheft zur Ausstellung'', corr. a. ext. ed., Kuratorium Bonhoeffer Haus (ed.), Berlin: Erinnerungs- und Begegnungsstätte Bonhoeffer Haus, 1996, pp. 31, 33. No ISBN.</ref>]]

After returning to Germany in 1931, Bonhoeffer became a lecturer in [[systematic theology]] at the University of Berlin. Deeply interested in [[ecumenism]], he was appointed by the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches (a forerunner of the [[World Council of Churches]]) as one of its three European youth secretaries. At this time he seems to have undergone a personal conversion, as he changed from being a theologian primarily attracted to the intellectual side of Christianity, to being a dedicated man of personal faith, resolved to literally carry out the teachings of Christ, revealed in the Gospels.<ref name="Michael Balfour p. 216">Michael Balfour, ''Withstanding Hitler'', p. 216</ref> On 15 November 1931, at age 25, he was ordained at [[Prussian Union of Churches|Old-Prussian United]] {{ill|St. Matthew, Berlin-Tiergarten|de|St.-Matthäus-Kirche (Berlin-Tiergarten)|lt=St. Matthew}} in [[Berlin-Tiergarten]].