Free Kindle Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works) ebooks Download
Freshly translated from the German critical edition, Discipleship provides a more accurate rendering of the text and extensive aids and commentary to clarify the meaning, context, and reception of this work and its attempt to resist the Nazi ideology then infecting German Christian churches.
File Size: 1093 KB
Print Length: 389 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0800683242
Publisher: Fortress Press (May 28, 2003)
Publication Date: November 16, 2012
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00APJRQG2
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #85,884 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Religion & Spirituality > Christian Books & Bibles > Christian Denominations & Sects > Protestantism > Lutheran #15 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Religion > Christianity > Biblical History & Culture > Historical Theology #22 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Christian Denominations & Sects > Protestantism > Lutheran
This is a book that every Christian should read. Bonhoeffer is among the twentieth centuries greatest theologians, and Discipleship (formerly titled The Cost of Discipleship in English translations) is his most popular and enduring work. In it we find the clarion call to return to simple obedience to Christ without the naiveté that can so easily creep into such a call. "A paradoxical understanding of the commandments has a Christian right to it, but it must never led to the annulment of a simple understanding of the commandments. Rather it is justified and possible only for those who have already taken simple obedience seriously at some point in their lives, and so already stand in community with Jesus, in discipleship, in expectation of the end" (80) Bonhoeffer's rejection of "cheap grace," that "mortal enemy of our church," and the accompanying call for disciples of Christ to embrace the way of the cross stands as the central thesis of the book. Such an argument, while never in fashion, is nevertheless needed for every church in every age, and nobody makes the argument like Bonhoeffer.A brief note on this edition of the book:The Bonhoeffer Works series is a must-own collection for serious students of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The updated translation is excellent, and though there are times when one longs for a particular turn of phrase from older translations there is little doubt that what is presented here is closer to the actual thought of the author. One place where the new translation is weaker (to my way of thinking) is its use of gender neutral language. I'm not opposed to changing the dominant masculine on ideological grounds, but there are times when a graceful or elegant turn of phrase becomes clunky or a the author's meaning is obscured because of it.
Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works) Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928-1931 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 10) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works—Reader's Edition Set The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero Heroes of the Faith: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst of Wickedness (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Reader's Edition) Life Together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Reader's Edition) Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography Bonhoeffer's the Cost of Discipleship (Shepherd's Notes. Christian Classics) Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich Bonhoeffer Student Edition: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Bonhoeffer for a New Day: Theology in a Time of Transition Bonhoeffer and South Africa: Theology in Dialogue Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom (Radio Theatre) Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy The Bonhoeffer Reader
