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What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the government worker. Bonhoeffer was born on 4 february 1906 in breslau, germany into a large family. History, background, and early work dietrich bonhoeffer was born, along with his twin sister, on february 6, 1906. Letters and papers from prison by dietrich bonhoeffer. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
A classic, eminently thoughtful exposition of what it means to follow christand lead his peoplein a fallen and hostile world. Due to his opposition to the nazi regime, bonhoeffer was arrested and executed at the flossian concentration camp, during the last month of the war. Dietrich bonhoeffer books list of books by dietrich bonhoeffer. Wertvolle gedanken ein geschenk fur viele gelegenheiten dietrich bonhoeffers gedicht. Dietrich bonhoeffers most popular book is the cost of discipleship. Recommended reading the dietrich bonhoeffer institute. Bonhoeffer was born on 4 february 1906 in breslau now wroclaw, poland, into a large family. The english language edition of bonhoeffers works contains, in many cases, more material than the german works series because of the.
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Aug 29, 2011 one of these was dietrich bonhoeffera pastor and author. His father was a professor of psychiatry in berlin, and bonhoeffer was trained in the best theological universities in germany. Bonhoeffer, influenced early by the thinking of the young karl barth, urged a conformation to the form of jesus as the suffering servant in a total commitment of the self to the lives of others. Temptation by dietrich bonhoeffer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Dietrich bonhoeffer books list of books by dietrich. In this new york times bestselling biography, eric metaxas takes both strands of bonhoeffers lifethe theologian and the spyand draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil.
At the age of seventeen he entered tiibingen university. A year later he attended courses at berlin university, and sat at the feet of. The family had eight children and lived in breslau, germany. Uts archives, bonhoeffer secondary papers, series 1a box 2. Winner, christianity today 2015 book award in historybiography shortlisted for the penjacqueline bograd weld award for biography in the decades since his execution by the nazis in 1945, dietrich bonhoeffer, the german pastor, theologian, and antihitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring christian thinkers of our time. Eric metaxas has written a rich, detailed, and beautiful account of the great pastor and theologian who gave us the cost of discipleship and sacrificed his. Godsey is professor emeritus of systematic theology at wesley theological seminary in washington, d. Having read dietrich bonhoeffer s biography and seeing how my housemate is raving about the profoundness of the cost of discipleship which i also wanted to purchase i decided to purchase this little book so that there will not be overlap in our little library collection and we can later exchange books. His writings on christianitys role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book the cost of discipleship became a modern classic. Van dyke gave a nice intimate picture, a close up, if you will, of dietrich bonhoeffer. A conversation with charles marsh, author of strange glory. But bonhoeffer returned, and joining the socalled confessing church of those who resisted germanizing the church, he conducted an illegal seminary in finkenwalde. Oct 04, 2010 a talented writer, he depends heavily on eberhard bethges biography 40 years old but still an unsurpassed source. Christ the center by bonhoeffer, dietrich and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The original german title is simply nachfolge literally. Books by dietrich bonhoeffer author of the cost of. On april 9, 1945, lutheran pastor and theologian dietrich bonhoeffer is hanged at flossenburg, only days before the american liberation of the pow camp. In addition to his other siblings, dietrich had a twin sister, sabine bonhoeffer leibholz.
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