Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Reality and Resistance

by Larry L. Rasmussen

What led Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his momentous decision to be involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944? What is the relation between his resistance activities and his theological and ethical reflections? Exploring these and other intriguing and complex relationships in Bonhoeffer's life and throughout the turbulent 1930s and 1940s, Larry Rasmussen characterizes Bonhoeffer's resistance as an enactment of his Christology lived out with utter seriousness. Originally published in 1972 and now updated with a new introduction by the author, Dietrich Bonhoeffer remains the defining study of Bonhoeffer's views of Jesus Christ, his ethics, and his resistance against Hitler and the Nazi regime.

Genres: Theology

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Karen Krause · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thorough exam of Bonhoeffer's road from Christian pacifism to becoming a German resister during Hitler's reign. Most interesting was the discussion of the "confluence of values" that the resistors had and in the end why they were not successful in stopping Nazism.

[Casper Denck · Rating 5 out of 5]

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