On the early morning of April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was murdered by the Nazis in the concentration camp of Flossenburg. There his life of 39 years ended, but the power of his faith stays with us through his life's story and through his prison cell.
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This short but profound book is a meditation on the significance of the birth of Jesus to the lives of all Christians. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian theologian executed for his role in a conspiracy to murder Hitler, seeks to unite the religious and the secular in an ethical humanism. The nativity of Christ in the manger speaks directly to this unity: it addresses a Christian's attitude toward the lowly, Christian experience--being humble in facing God and the world. "Who among us will celebrate Christmas right?" Bonhoeffer asks. He answers, "those who finally lay down all their power, honor, and prestige, all their vanity, pride, and self-will at the manger." Brief, poetic selections from two Bonhoeffer sermons, The Mystery of Holy Night provides material for meditation on the meaning of Christmas and of Christianity.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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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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This small, beautifully illustrated book challenges you to look at the way you live, to question your very values. It leads you through the mystery of Advent (the time before the birth of Jesus), relating it to everyday life. The short prose-poems provide a basis for meditation for those of many faiths.
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