Bonhoeffer
by Eric Metaxas
The pastor who joined the plot against Hitler and was hanged weeks before liberation. Metaxas's biography is readable and popular; scholars dispute some of his framing.
Read it if…
you want Bonhoeffer's story told as narrative.
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Skip it if…
you want a scholarly life.
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Three things you will actually use
- Conviction costs.
- Faith acts.
- Courage in the ordinary leads to courage in the extreme.
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Read the chapters on his decision to return to Germany.
Our verdict
Faith that acted.
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