John Queripel

Bonhoeffer (eBook, ePUB)

Prophet and Martyr

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the final days of World War II, early one frosty morning, a young German pastor was taken from his cell by his Nazi captors and led to his place of execution. Coming from one of Berlin's leading families, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's already brilliant academic and church career was thus brutally terminated. Bonhoeffer found himself in such a strange place for a theologian, being one of the very few in the German Church who stood resolutely opposed to the Nazis to the point where he, as a one-time pacifist, became deeply involved in the conspiratorial plot to kill Hitler and bring down the regime. This course of action saw him enter the murky sphere of secrecy and duplicity as a member of the conspiracy, while two-timing the Nazis as a member of military intelligence. Using that official role, Bonhoeffer was able to travel and communicate with his international ecumenical contacts as part of the conspiracy's attempt to strike a deal with the Allies to end the war. From a dark period, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, brave and resolute, stands as a bright and shining light.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498229616
• Artikelnr.: 55270325

Autorenporträt

John Henry Queripel is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, author, and community activist. He has worked in the prison system, the university sector, as a teacher, and is the recipient of a number of awards for his community involvement. He is a writer, singer-songwriter, a poet, an artist, and enjoys riding a Malibu. He has long held an interest in Dietrich Bonhoeffer.