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Dietrich Bonhoeffer



Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity’s role in the secular world are widely known and influential. He was also known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, for which he spent time in a concentration camp and was eventually hanged.

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The Acquittal of God: A Theology for Vietnam Veterans

Many Vietnam veterans felt and, in fact, still feel rejected by their God and the church and betrayed by their nation and even their families.

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands.

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Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment?

It is common to wonder what we would have done if we lived in history’s most challenging times. Lessons for American Christians from the Confessing Church in Germany.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageNothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or don’t do, and more in light of what they suffer.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography

Eberhard Bethge's exhaustive biography of Bonhoeffer is recognized throughout the world as the definitive biography.

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Does Dietrich Bonhoeffer Have Any Relevance for Today?

In these days of solitude and waiting, we have to remain connected to the sources of our strength.

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Ethics

From one of the most important theologians of the twentieth century, Ethics is the seminal reinterpretation of the role of Christianity in the modern, secularized world. The Christian does not live in a vacuum, says the author, but in a world of government, politics, labor, and marriage.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLet him who cannot be alone beware of community. . . . Let him who is not in community beware of being alone. . . . Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Called to Sympathy and Action

Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian behavior.

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The Cost of Discipleship

What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless...

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