Discipleship / Dietrich Bonhoeffer ; translated from the German edition edited by Martin Kuske and Ilse Tödt ; English edition edited by Geffrey B. Kelly and John D. Godsey ; translated by Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945

Contributor:

Kelly, Geffrey B.

Godsey, John D.

Series:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945. English. 1996 ; Works. v. 4.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer works ; v. 4

Standardized Title:

Nachfolge. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Sermon on the mount.

Physical Description:

xv, 367 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2001]

Summary:

With this sharp warning to his own church, engaged in bitter conflict with the official nazified state church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began his book Discipleship (formerly entitled The Cost of Discipleship). Originally published in 1937, this book soon became a classic exposition of what it means to follow Jesus Christ in a modern world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. At its center stands an interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount: what Jesus demanded of his followers and how the life of discipleship is to be continued in all ages of the post-resurrection church. "Every call of Jesus is a call to death, " Bonhoeffer wrote. His own life would end in martyrdom on April 9, 1945.

Freshly translated from the German critical edition, Discipleship provides a more accurate rendering of the text and extensive aids and commentary to clarify the meaning, context, and reception of this work and its attempt to resist the Nazi ideology then infecting German Christian churches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340) and indexes.

ISBN:

0800683048

OCLC:

43885417