num_pages: 258
description: In this book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, author Sabine Drammexamines the twentieth century’s best-known German pastorand theologian. This is a book about Bonhoeffer’s vibrantChristian faith and his profound yet very practical theologicalthinking.Although Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s passionate life and dramatic deathare familiar territory, this book examines his life and the deathhe accepted in resistance to Hitler in the context of his faith andthought, as found in his own writings.Dramm explores Bonhoeffer’s sermons, letters, articles, and books.She offers her readers an outstanding introduction to the breadthof his writing and the depth of his theological thinking. Drammalso traces how Bonhoeffer’s beliefs and understandings ledhim to active resistance to the Nazi to the establishmentof alternative church groups, to espionage, and ultimately toconspiracy to overthrow the government by assassinating Hitler. 
language: English
title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Introduction to His Thought
titlecomplete: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Introduction to His Thought
genres: Theology
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Hendrickson Pub