Dietrich Bonhoeffer

About this book

The author seeks to come to terms with both Bonhoeffer the theologian and Bonhoeffer the man -- the germinal thinker and the courageous Christian. He looks at each of Bonhoeffer's published works and examines his ideas in relation to the use made of them by other writers and theologians. He makes an attempt to assess Bonhoeffer's influence and importance to the future. Finally, however, his attention is turned back to Bonhoeffer himself, the man who can perhaps best be characterized by the phrase he coined to describe Jesus Christ -- "the man for others". Totally committed to Christ and to the Church, Bonhoeffer gave himself both in life and death for his fellow humans, proving that grace and discipleship are indeed costly.