You have to read Eric Metaxas with bifocals. With the upper lens you read the Metaxas of the book, an engaging narrative by an experienced writer who presents Bonhoeffer as a Christian hero led by God ...

Like many theologians, we have been drawn to the life and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer for most of our lives. He was not only a fascinating individual from an interesting family, but he also lived ...

On 17 December 1933, the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a powerful sermon in London. Advent always seemed to draw out the best in him, which should not be surprising given his love of ...

The new biopic from Angel Studios twists the theologian’s life and thought to make a political point. Fifteen years ago, scholar Stephen Haynes mapped out the many interpretations of the life of ...

Charles Marsh has written a moving, melancholy portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and pastor executed in a concentration camp two months before World War II ended in Europe. With ...

The International Bonhoeffer Society and Fortress Press earlier this month (Nov. 13-15) marked the upcoming completion of the translations of the entire Dietrich Bonhoeffer corpus into English, with a ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The made for TV film, Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace, depicts the life and death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader in the ...

In this weighty, riveting analysis of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Metaxas (Amazing Grace) offers a comprehensive review of one of history's darkest eras, along with a fascinating exploration of ...

The contemporary fame of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the anti-Nazi German Protestant theologian who was executed in 1945 for taking part in the plots against Hitler, rests primarily on the Letters and Papers ...

On my daily commute into work, I pass a small church. Right by the railway line, it is a post-war build, having replaced an earlier church that was destroyed by German bombing in the Blitz. The name ...