Dietrich Bonhoeffer

📖 The Scoop

In the annals of World War II history, the individuals who became known as heroes were ones who carried rifles, stormed the beaches of Normandy, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, rescued persecuted Jews from the grips of the Gestapo, or courageously survived life in a concentration camp. These men and women certainly deserved the commendation bestowed upon them; however, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a different type of hero during this tumultuous time in world history. His courageous leadership caused him to become one of the most influential Christian thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. He is praised for his brave resistance to the Nazi government and held as an example for modern Christians and others who desire to see radical change. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, interest in Dietrich Bonhoeffer increased dramatically with many American evangelical Christians and academic scholars taking a renewed interest in the life and writing of this German Lutheran theologian and pastor known for his different aspects of belief, depth, and nature within his involvement in the resistance against the Third Reich. Book jacket.

Genre: Religion / Leadership (fancy, right?)