Bonhoeffer Abridged: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

by Eric Metaxas

Overview

From the New York Timesbest-selling author, Eric Metaxas, an abridged version of the groundbreakingbiography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentiethcentury, a man who stood up to Hitler.

A definitive,deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in theface of monstrous evil. As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullieda continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a young pastornamed Dietrich Bonhoeffer become one of the first to speak out against Hitler.As a double agent, he joined the plot to assassinate the Führer, and he washanged in Flossenberg concentration camp at age thirty-nine. Since his death,Bonhoeffer has grown to be one of the most fascinating, complex figures of thetwentieth century.

Bonhoeffer brings the reader face-to-face with a mandetermined to do the will of God radically, courageously, and joyfully—even tothe point of death. It is the story of a life framed by a passion for truth anda commitment to justice on behalf of those who face implacable evil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718016166
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	10/07/2014
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	287,637
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.35(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther, If You Can Keep It, Miracles, Seven Women, Seven Men, and Amazing Grace. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the New Yorker, and Metaxas has appeared as a cultural commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He is the host of The Eric Metaxas Radio Show, a daily nationally syndicated show aired in 120 U.S. cities and on TBN. Metaxas is also the founder of Socrates in the City, the acclaimed series of conversations on “life, God, and other small topics,” featuring Malcolm Gladwell, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, Baroness Caroline Cox, and Dick Cavett, among many others. He is a senior fellow and lecturer at large at the King’s College in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 Family and Childhood, 1906-1922 1

Chapter 2 Bunhoeffer the Student, 1923-1927 21

Chapter 3 Between the Pulpit and the Lectern, 1928-1929 33

Chapter 4 To America and Back, 1930-1932 43

Chapter 5 Nazi Theology and the Führer Principle, 1933 55

Chapter 6 The Church Struggle, 1933-1935 73

Chapter 7 Zingst and Finkenwalde, 1935-1937 95

Chapter 8 The Great Decision, 1938-1939 117

Chapter 9 From Confession to Conspiracy, 1940-1942 137

Chapter 10 Bonhoeffer in Love, 1942-1943 151

Chapter 11 Cell 92 at Tegel Prison, 1942-1945 167

Chapter 12 On the Road to Freedom, 1945 195

Epilogue 211

Notes 215

Bibliography 221

Index 225

About the Author 235