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Christian History Magazine—Issue 32: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Theologian in Nazi Germany is unavailable, but you can change that!

Eberhard Bethge, his best friend, writes, “As a martyr he testifies to God’s ‘no’—Christ cannot endorse slave holders in brutal societies. And he testifies to God’s ‘yes’ to people who are victims of false imperial gods.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s actions and writings attest to his beliefs that true grace is costly and true Christianity brings a voice to the voiceless. You will learn the foundations...

Theologian Karl Barth, in about 1930. After reading Bonhoeffer’s doctoral dissertation, The Communion of Saints, Barth declared it “a theological miracle.” Bonhoeffer studied theology at the great liberal faculties of Tübingen and Berlin. At the University of Berlin, he was especially stimulated by his study of Martin Luther. But the greatest theological influence on Bonhoeffer came from the writings of a Swiss theologian who was then teaching in Germany—Karl Barth. Bonhoeffer never studied with
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