Meditating on the Word [Paperback]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), David McI Gracie (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1986

“Daily, quiet reflection on the Word of God as it applies to me becomes for me a point of crystallization for everything that gives interior and exterior order to my life,” wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his colleagues at the warfront in the winter of 1942. Now back in print after a decade, this collection of Bonhoeffer’s writings, sermons, and letters on meditation—including his unfinished meditation on Psalm 119—reveals his deep love for the Bible as a focus for his prayer life and a support in his courageous political life. “Why do I meditate?” asks Bonhoeffer. “Because I am a Christian. Therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God’s Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me.”

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Editorial Reviews

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These meditations are for a time when the balance between social action and evangelical piety is in danger of being lost—which is to say, they are for always. (Currents In Theology and Mission )

Bonhoeffer’s meditations . . . are of great value, for they disclose the workings of Bonhoeffer’s mind and spirit in regard to everyday activities such as sermon writing, letters to friends and students, and instructions to seminarians on meditation and how to read the Bible. (Choice )

This new edition of Meditating on the Word, along with books like Life Together and Discipleship, makes the practice of biblical meditation, which was so important to Bonhoeffer, available for study by congregations in an attractive and modestly priced volume. (The Bonhoeffer Society Newsletter ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: Cowley Pubns (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936384417
• ISBN-13: 978-0936384412
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,027,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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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2.0 out of 5 stars Meditating the Word, December 15, 2009

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I was disappointed at the selection of texts that seems to reflect the editors theology rather than Bonhoeffer's.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Meditating, July 19, 2005

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Classic Bonhoeffer although the translater took someliberties with mixing pronouns--this side tracks one's concentration.