Christianity todaymetaxas has written a book that adds a new. As adolf hitler and the nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent. Eric metaxas biography of dietrich bonhoeffer attempts three objectives. Eric metaxas bonhoeffer is the biography for this generation.
Eric metaxas tells bonhoeffers story with passion and theological sophistication, often challenging revisionist. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the kindle edition of this book. Christianity today metaxas has written a book that adds a new dimension to world war ii, a new understanding of how evil can seize the soul of a nation and a man of faith can confront it. William wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, was the companion book to the 2006 film. Metaxas book challenges this assumption by telling bonhoeffers story so as to demonstrate his theological orthodoxy. Jim cantelon speaks with eric metaxas about his book about the life of dietrich bonhoeffer a church leader who stood in courageous. Eric metaxas takes both strands of bonhoeffers lifethe theologian and the. From the new york times bestselling author of amazing grace, a groundbreaking biography of dietrich bonhoeffer, one of the greatest. Eric metaxas has 98 books on goodreads with 223612 ratings. A masterpiece that reads like a great novel and weaves together in one opus an understanding of bonhoeffer s theology, the complex and tragic history of 20th century germany, and the human struggle of a true christian hero. However, metaxas work has also been praised as a weighty, riveting analysis of the life of dietrich bonhoeffer which brings bonhoeffer and other characters to vivid life. Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy by eric metaxas, paperback.
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