Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Essential writings of the Lutheran pastor who defied the Nazis and paid with his life includes a substantial biographical introduction by Robert Coles.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer—theologian, pastor, martyr—is one of the most significant Christian witnesses of the twentieth century. His writings challenge us to address the presence of God in the world and in history. His courageous resistance against Hitler, him imprisonment and execution dramatize "the cost of discipleship." The selections here, w...