Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Eric Metaxas

A gripping story of moral courage in the face of unspeakable evil! This groundbreaking biography details previously unknown facts about Bonhoeffer’s life—including his decision to return to Germany and his romance—and documents the role he played as a double agent in the plot against Hitler. Revised and updated edition features a new introduction by Metaxas. 640 pages

9781400224647

THOMAS NELSON

ERIC METAXUS

Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th-century than a humble man of faith?

As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and author. In his blockbusterNew York Timesbestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffers lifethe theologian and the spyand draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. Metaxas presents the fullest accounting of Bonhoeffers heart-wrenching decision to leave the safe haven of America to return to Hitlers Germany, and sheds new light on Bonhoeffers involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and in Operation 7, the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland. In a deeply moving narrative, Metaxas uses previously unavailable documents including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts to reveal dimensions of Bonhoeffer’s life and theology never before seen.

Includes Readers Guide

[A] beautifully constructed biography. Alan Wolfe,The New Republic

Metaxas tells Bonhoeffers story with passion and theological sophistication. Wall Street Journal

[A] weighty, riveting analysis of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Publishers Weekly

Metaxas presents Bonhoeffer as a clear-headed, deeply convicted Christian who submitted to no one and nothing except God and his Word. Christianity Today

Metaxas has written a book that adds a new dimension to World War II, a new understanding of how evil can seize the soul of a nation and a man of faith can confront it. Thomas Fleming, author,The New Dealers War

Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon powerintelligent, moving, well researched, vividly written, and rich in implication for our own lives. Or to put it another way: Buy this book. Read it. Then buy another copy and give it to a person you love. Its that good. Archbishop Charles Chaput,First Things

“A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century.” Kirkus Reviews

624 pages

9781595552464

Thomas Nelson