Bonhoeffer Abridged: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Paperback

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From the New York Timesbest-selling author, Eric Metaxas, an abridged version of the groundbreakingbiography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentiethcentury, a man who stood up to Hitler. A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in theface of monstrous evil. As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullieda continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a young pastornamed Dietrich Bonhoeffer become one of the first to speak out against Hitler. As a double agent, he joined the plot to assassinate the Fuhrer, and he washanged in Flossenberg concentration camp at age thirty-nine. Since his death, Bonhoeffer has grown to be one of the most fascinating, complex figures of thetwentieth century. Bonhoeffer brings the reader face-to-face with a mandetermined to do the will of God radically, courageously, and joyfully--even tothe point of death. It is the story of a life framed by a passion for truth anda commitment to justice on behalf of those who face implacable evil.

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Eric Metaxas

jurnalist american · n. 1963

Eric Metaxas este un autor, conferențiar și gazdă de radio conservator american. A scris trei biografii: „Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery” despre William Wilberforce (2007), „Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” despre Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011) și „Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World” (2017).