No Rusty Swords: Letters, Lectures and Notes 1928-1936

From the Collected Works #1

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edwin H. Robertson (Translator)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer does for twentieth-century Christians what Luther did for those of the sixteenth. He presents the Gospel' s enduring message in a form that compels a deep, powerful response from the secular man of our day. Here, in the first volume of his collected works, is the absorbing spiritual journey of a dynamic religious leader.

No Rusty Swords describes Bonheoffer's years of academic training, his travels in Spain, his visit to the United States, his work as a pastor and a teacher, and his prompt and powerful opposition to the Nazi regime. In these pages Bonhoeffer's private wrestling with the basic religious concerns of our times is revealed.

Genres: Theology, Biography

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1970

About the author

Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Protestant theologian of Germany, concern Christianity in the modern world; for his role in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, people executed him.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer served as a Lutheran pastor. He, also a participant in the movement of Resistance against Nazism and a member, founded the confessing church. Members of the Abwehr, the military intelligence office planned his involvement, which resulted in his arrest in April 1943 and his subsequent hanging in April 1945 shortly before the end of the war. His secular view influenced very many people.

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Reviews

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good insights into DB's growth in his role of theologian and pastor. Reading his exchanges between himself and Barth were especially interesting. The best part, though, was to read his thoughts about the rise of the Nazi party and Hitler, and how it affected the church. DB's influence on the Confessing Church and it's need to be separate from the German Ecumenical Church is evident by his letters, writings, and speeches. The only reason for the 3 star is there are sections that, though they reflect his theology and his smarts, we're a bit too esoteric for me.

[fleegan · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you enjoy reading theology, correspondence, and speeches, you're gonna love this.
I couldn't find a hard copy of this book, so it took me almost a year to read it cos I found a scanned copy of it on the Internet Archive. Thank you, Brave Library Worker who had to physically scan every page of that book so folks like me could enjoy it.