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The family had eight children and lived in breslau, germany. Bonhoeffer was a young theologian, with a superior intellect. Bonhoeffer also stresses the importance of the old testament and the importance of this earthly life. His writings on christianitys role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book the cost of discipleship has been described as a modern classic. What is worse than doing evil, is being evil ethics, p. The cost of discipleship begins with a short memoir of who he was or you can read eric metaxas bonhoeffer, an amazing, longer read. This article is about the book of dietrich bonhoeffer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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