The Martyred Christian [Hardcover]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Joan Winmill Brown (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: MacMillian; 1St Edition edition (May 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025131206
• ISBN-13: 978-0025131200
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,473,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in Breslau in 1906. The son of a famous German psychiatrist, he studied in Berlin and New York City. He left the safety of America to return to Germany and continue his public repudiation of the Naz*s, which led to his arrest in 1943. Linked to the group of conspirators whose attempted assassination of Hitlerr failed, he was hanged in April 1945.

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William Courtney Hensel "Billy Pilgrim" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Martyred Christian (Hardcover)

The book is a collection of gems conscientiously selected and arranged from Bonhoeffer's work, useful for devotional reading, a rich witness stimulating to heart and mind. The brilliant mind and steadfast, loving spirit of Bonhoeffer shine through.

And yet...for this reader, The Martyred Christian is a sampler that challenges, a strong nudge to read Bonhoeffer's works straight through. Something is gained, perhaps, and something is lost, certainly, in the selection and juxtaposition of sparkling passages clipped out from their contexts, like a compilation of proof-texts or an ultra-canonic selection from the Bible. Appreciate the winnowing editor Brown has done, but move on to direct engagement with the full texts, the even richer lode from which these polished, select jewels were plucked and arranged.