Christ the Center

Zusatztext "It would be impossible to overrate Dietrich Bonhoeffer's importance as a disciple! a great Christian and moral leader." Informationen zum Autor Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a renowned and beloved Christian minister, seminary professor, and theologian who was imprisoned and later executed by the Nazis for his resistance to Hitler. He was the author of the bestselling classic The Cost of Discipleship , Life Together, and Letters and Papers from Prison . Klappentext Here is the key to thought of one of our time's central moral figures. It reveals Bonhoeffer's deep, firm roots in Christian doctrine, and it relates that doctrine to twentieth-century decisions every Christian must face. Essential for those interested in the developement of Bonhoeffer's thinking, Christ the Center is as well an important addition to Christological thought and a clear guides to how we are to believe and act in the uncertainty of the times. These lectures originally delivered at the University of Berlin (reconstructed by Eberhard Bethge from students' notes) have been completely retranslated by Edwin Robertson for this new edition. Zusammenfassung The New York Times Book Review states, “It would be impossible to overrate Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s importance as a disciple, a great Christian and moral leader.” Christ the Center cogently presents the basis of Bonhoeffer’s thinking about Jesus Christ and offers the key to his entire theology. A classic work of Christological thought, both edifying and uplifting, Christ the Center is an enlightening guide to faith and action in uncertain times.

Product details

• Authors: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780060608118
• ISBN: 978-0-06-060811-8
• No. of pages: 125
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Harper's Ministers Paperback L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION: Christianity / General, RELIGION: Inspirational, RELIGION: Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, RELIGION: Christian Theology / General, RELIGION: Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY: Religious, RELIGION: JESUS STUDIES, RELIGION: Christian Living / Inspirational, RELIGION: Philosophy, RELIGION: Faith