Summary: A reappraisal of Barth and Bonhoeffer’s thinking around modernity and politics. I regularly recommend the Audible Plus lending library, where Audible members can borrow several thousand audiobooks at no additional costs beyond the membership. Barth, Bonhoeffer, and Modern Politics is a book that has been on my to-read list for a while, but currently, … Read more
Summary: An American ex-pat in Berlin becomes an English-speaking guide at Bonhoeffer’s family home. As she encounters the physical spaces of Bonheoffer, she explores the world around her through that lens. I have no idea who coined the term “Usable History,” and there is likely nuance to the history of that term that I do … Read more
Summary: An excellent book about the missing part of Bonhoeffer’s story within many of his biographies. Essentially, for the past month, I have not written anything about my reading. Starting almost a month ago, I went on a silent Ignatian retreat as part of a prerequisite for starting a graduate school program to become a … Read more
Summary: Brief graphic novel about Bonhoeffer with a very good understanding of the German context and Hitler’s rise to power. Bonhoeffer is one of those subjects that I am continually fascinated by. I have read a number of books by and about Bonhoeffer including two others this year. I did not walk into The Faithful … Read more
Takeaway: While Bonhoeffer is treated by many as a Rorschach test, there actually was a real person that should be dealt with honestly. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of the most respected Christian figures of the 20th century. But it would not be surprising that his legacy is debated. Bonhoeffer’s works span 16 volumes in the complete … Read more
Summary: King and Bonhoeffer both were killed at 39 after lives known for pushing the church toward greater ethical behavior. Their thinking, lives, and action overlap and diverge, but they continue to impact Christian social ethics over 50 years after their deaths. Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought is book of essays from … Read more
Summary: A nuanced and in depth look at one of the most influential Christians of the 20th century. The best of the Bonhoeffer biographies I have read. Charles Marsh’s Strange Glory is the third full biography of Bonhoeffer I have read in the last five years, not include three additional books on particular aspects of … Read more
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed on April 9, 1945. In honor of that date I wanted to post about the best books I have read on Bonhoeffer. I waited later in the day to post this because in the past several of his books went on sale in honor of this anniversary. Unfortunately that does not … Read more
Reposting this review because the publisher has this as well as three others from the series on sale this week for $1.99. The two other books from the same series on Francis Schaeffer and BB Warfield are also on sale. Summary: Best short introduction to Bonhoeffer’s theology I have read. Bonhoeffer is arguably one of the most important … Read more
Summary: A collection of sermons, letters, devotional writing, etc on the psalms with helpful biographical introductions. When I wrote the review of Martin Marty’s Biography of Letters and Papers from Prison I said I needed to read more Bonhoeffer directly and rely less on the secondary sources. Edwin Robinson has a helpful halfway point between … Read more