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Publisher: Thomas Nelson (August 29, 2011)
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A measure of a great biography may be the extent to which it elicits a desire to learn more about the subject and read his or her writings. With this extensive biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas has certainly accomplished both, as far as I'm concerned. I think I first became aware of Bonhoeffer while I was in college, through his Discipleship, or The Cost of Discipleship as most English translations title it. Other than than, I had no more than a vague, one or two sentence idea of his involvement with the plot to kill Hitler. That did become a defining element of his life, as it lead to his execution, but, as Metaxas tells the story, there is much more to the man, his ministry, and his work in public and church life.As a young pastor and theologian during the Nazi's rise to power Bonhoeffer opposed the German church's easy assent to the dictates of the Nazi party, including excluding anyone of Jewish heritage from ministry positions, and supplanting the message of the cross with the message of the twisted cross of Nazism. As a leader in the confessing church movement, and as head of a new seminary founded as an alternative to the Nazi-tainted seminaries of the German church, Bonhoeffer rose in status and became a target for the Gestapo.I think I would have liked Bonhoeffer. Maybe we can hang out in heaven.While telling Bonhoeffer's story, Metaxas does a beautiful job of portraying life in Germany in the years leading up to and including the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party. Bonhoeffer's family, not rich but certainly among the intellectual and cultural elite of Germany, had close connections in academic, political, and military circles. For the most part, these groups did not welcome the rise of Nazism; they hoped for its quick demise, and bemoaned its unlikely entrenchment in German politics and governance. That surprised me as much as anything: in spite of the powerful opponents to Nazism, and there was much, Nazis managed to gain unprecedented power. Many common Germans, not just Jews, opposed the Nazis. I can't help but think most of Germany was complicit in Nazi crimes, but Metaxas makes it clear that many opposed them, even in the military.I particularly enjoyed Metaxas's portrayal of Bonhoeffer as a defender of the faith against theological liberalism and against Nazi attempts to dilute the work of the church. The ready acquiescence of the German church distressed him. Neither was he very impressed with the academic theology he encountered in the U.S. during his stay in New York, at Union Theological Seminary. Of the students, he had this to say: "There is no theology here. . . .They become intoxicated with liberal and humanistic phrases, laugh at the fundamentalists, and yet basically are not even up to their level." He also had a hard time finding good preaching: In New York they preach about virtually everything, only one thing is not addressed, or is addressed so rarely that I have as yet been unable to hear it, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the cross, sin and forgiveness, death and life. . . . The sermon has been reduced to parenthetical church remarks about newspaper events. . . . I have heard only one sermon in which you could hear something like a genuine proclamation, and that was delivered by a negro.Bonhoeffer himself has been, at times, championed by theological liberals, due in part to some fragmentary writings that he left behind, the unfinished nature of which lead to some misinterpretation. On religionless Christianity, an idea which, Metaxas points out, has "led to a terrific misunderstanding of Bonhoeffer's theology," Eberhard Bethge said the "isolated use and handing down of the famous term 'religionless Christianity' has made Bonheoffer the champion of an undialectical shallow modernism which obscures all that he wanted to tell us about the living God." Contrary to his liberal interpreters, Bonhoeffer's theology, Metaxas writes, "was dedicatedly Bible centered and Christ centered."As Hitler's power increased and life for Jews and the confessing church (not to mention the disabled and many other groups), Bonhoeffer had the opportunity to return to New York for an extended stay as a lecturer. He could easily have stayed in the U.S. for the years, perhaps even through the duration of the war. But Bonhoeffer knew his place and his work was in Germany. He joined the Abwehr, military intelligence, and worked as double agent. Besides working on behalf of the church, he helped smuggle Jews out of the country and was a part of the plot to kill Hitler. (This plot was portrayed in the movie Valkyrie, but I don't remember that Bonhoeffer was named in the movie. Obviously it involved many in the military, as well as many civilians.) I was interested to read about Bonhoeffer's struggle with the ethical issues of his work. Lying, deceiving his government, even plotting to kill a head of state became justifiable in light of the actions of the Nazi government.Bonhoeffer was arrested not because of his involvement with the assassination plot, but because of his covert intelligence work. Later, however, after the near-miss with Hitler, the Fuhrer wanted vengeance on everyone he could find who was involved. Bonhoeffer's name made the list, and he was hanged only days before the Allies claimed victory, and weeks before Hitler took his own life.Metaxas's biography, a terrific read with just the right blend of historical background and detail about Bonhoeffer's life, renewed my interest in Bonhoeffer. On my shelf I have copies of The Cost of Discipleship, Life Together, and Ethics. I read the first two, but I'm not sure I ever tackled the third. I'm inspired to do so now, and to wonder what Christendom lost with Bonhoeffer's early death. What more can we ask of a biography: a great writer writing a great story about a great man. Worth a read.
I had never heard of Bonhoeffer until this book came out. It took me a while to get around the Kindle version I picked up on a special price and read the book. But when I saw Mr. Metaxas recently on Cspan I was reminded I hadn't read this biography yet. I have read some of his other books and enjoyed them and this is no different after reading it through quite rapidly.Of course Bonhoeffer is a sad story though inspiring because he died for his beliefs. But the book provides a great and very readable account of his life and story. Yes, Bonhoeffer is a religious story and a religious man that offered witness to the terrible regime that enveloped Germany from 1933 - 1945 (I dare not mention it because the reviews gets flagged) and he ultimately died because of his principled opposition.But this is such a well-written and worthwhile book anyone should and can read this and unless that have no soul, they can't help but be interested and inspired. Wow. Terrific. Highly recommended.
I love this book! Anyone wanting to learn about Bonhoeffer and German church history, as well as WWII, will love this book! As a WWII history buff , and a Christian with some German heritage, I learned some things about Germany and the German church before and during WWII that I didn't learn in secular history books. This book highlights the fact that the way that WWII came about was due to the failings of the Christian German church. To be a Christian in name only or mostly is not the same as having a relationship with Christ. The German church was passive and allowed the love of their country to mix with their Christian faith, or override it, and so Hitler took advantage of it and thus we had WWII. I really believe now that if the German church had had a real revival and real relationship with Christ, and stood up for what the Bible , what Jesus, taught then Hitler would never have had a chance to bring about what he did. Any country's failings are due to the failings of the church. This book would be great for any apologetics thinker/reader as well as WW1 and WWII history buffs.
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