AWARDS AND RECOGNITION FOR BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY
The Canterbury Medal by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
The Christopher Award
Kirkus Reviews—Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews—Pleasant Surprise of the Year
Barnes & Noble—Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year
Evangelical Christian Publishing Association’s
2011 Christian Book of the Year
Evangelical Christian Publishing Association’s
2011 Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Preaching Today—Feeding
the Preacher’s Soul Book of the Year Award
John Pollock Award for Christian Biography
Relevant—Top 10 Books of the Year
Townhall.com—Top 10 Gifts for Men
Christian Retailing—2011 Readers Choice Award
PRAISE FOR BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY
“This is an important book and I hope many people will read it.”
—PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
“[A] beautifully constructed biography. … Throughout his book, but especially toward the end, Metaxas turns this erudite and at times abstruse theologian into a living and tragic human being.”
—ALAN WOLFE, THE NEW REPUBLIC
“Eric Metaxas clears up many misconceptions, giving priority to Bonhoeffer’s own words and actions, in a massive and masterful new biography, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. During a harrowing time when many churches adopted Nazi ideology and others buckled under government pressure, Bonhoeffer stood strong, if sometimes alone. Metaxas presents Bonhoeffer as a clear-headed, deeply convicted Christian who submitted to no one and nothing except God and his Word.”
—CHRISTIANITY TODAY
“In Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer’s story with passion and theological sophistication, often challenging revisionist accounts that make Bonhoeffer out to be a ‘humanist’ or ethicist for whom religious doctrine was easily disposable. … His was a radical obedience to God, a frame of mind widely viewed today with fear and loathing, even among the faithful. In Bonhoeffer, Mr. Metaxas reminds us that there are forms of religion—respectable, domesticated, timid—that may end up doing the devil’s work for him.”
—WALL STREET JOURNAL
“In the finest treatment of the man since Eberhard Bethge’s Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Man of Vision, Man of Courage (1970), Metaxas presents a complete, accessible picture of this important figure, whose story is inspiring, instructive and international in scope. Metaxas … bring[s] Bonhoeffer and other characters to vivid life. A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century.”
—KIRKUS REVIEWS
“[U]ntil now, American readers have lacked an account of Bonhoeffer’s life that is both thorough and engagingly readable, a book that captures the full sweep of his remarkable story and highlights its meaning for us today. In Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas has given us just such a book. … [T]his new biography is a welcome and significant contribution. Metaxas keeps a firm grasp on the scholarly consensus while holding the reader’s attention from the first ...
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About Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, rev. ed.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 this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life--the theologian and the spy--and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. In Bonhoeffer, Metaxas presents the fullest account of Bonhoeffer's life, including his: • heart-wrenching decision to leave the safe haven of America to return to Hitler's Germany • involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and in "Operation 7," the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland • lifelong dedication to sharing the tenets of his faith This edition, revised and with a new introduction from the author, shares the deeply moving story through previously unavailable documents, including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts to reveal never-before-seen dimensions of Bonhoeffer's life and work. Praise for Bonhoeffer: "Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon power--intelligent, 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. It's that good." --Archbishop Charles Chaput, author, First Things "Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer's story with passion and theological sophistication." —Wall Street Journal "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
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