Anxious Souls Will Ask…: The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Prison Reflections

Editorial Reviews. From the Back Cover. This brief yet brilliant book shows that the prison reflections of Dietrich Bonhoeffer contain profound inspiration for all.
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In his forward to this book, H. Martin Rumscheidt describes the new sculptures at the west entrance of Westminster Abbey, sculptures that celebrate the life and witness of Christian figures whose witness had profound impact on the world as a whole. These are people who knew first-hand the meaning of Bonhoeffer's costly grace. Bonhoeffer's influence continues to be felt in places of oppression and violence, providing inspiration in recent times to Minjung theologians in Korea, anti-Apartheid activists in South Africa, and churches behind the Iron Curtain.

Bonhoeffer is somewhat of an enigma, even as he becomes an increasingly popular figure for study, spiritual reflection, and emulation in various parts of the world. John Matthews argues that, while Bonhoeffer's greatest impact comes from his martyrdom, it is in Bonhoeffer's spirituality and theology that the seeds for continuing relevance and inspiration for the church into the third millennium. Our context is the same in significant ways, according to Matthews: Matthews connects the times of the ancient Israelites with modern times, and shows a connection thereby of the prophets in eighth-century Israel BCE with Bonhoeffer and modern calls for struggles against the collapse of civilisation and the rise of tyrrany.

However, it is more than a call for simple preservation or restoration, however anxious change might make us.

Anxious Souls Will Ask: The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The book begins with a brief chronology of the events in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life, from his birth in to his death in The appendix has selections from Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers from Prison', a pivotal work that has profoundly influenced Christians all around the world since its publication. There are also appendices of the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as secondary sources in English.

All of these are crumbling pillars, according to Matthews' reading of Bonhoeffer, but yet remain attractive and persistent in varying ways. Some speculated that Bonhoeffer had periods where he lost his faith in prison. Indeed, he did not set out to be a martyr, and would have looked upon intentional and sought-after martyrdom as an inappropriate expression of the Christian calling. Matthews argues that the faith Bonhoeffer had in God through Jesus Christ was so deep that his expression of that faith continues to be misunderstood at times even as his witness to the truth of God continues to be admired.

Originally published on my blog at [ Bonhoeffer is not always easy to read. And all of Bonhoeffer's writings have recently been re-translated and complied in new editions. I am waiting for the price of the Kindle versions to drop a bit before I get them all. John Matthews has entered the fray to write as a pastor, with a strong academic background in the Bonhoeffer studies, a short book about Bonhoeffer's spirituality and theology. I listened to it because Audible. It was just over 2 hours of audio. Simon Vance was the narrator.


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    7. Normally I try to review the audio quality and narration separately from the content. But in this case it really affected the content. What was supposed to be pastoral and easy to understand, ended up being pretentious and lofty. Vance is a good narrator, but a bad choice for this project. Boulder Brides Box Set: Mail Order Bride Compilation: With eighteen toe tingling books about mail-order brides and their handsome men. This box set is a great value and will keep you captivated for days!

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    Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. In his forward to this book, H. Martin Rumscheidt describes the new sculptures at the west entrance of Westminster Abbey, sculptures that celebrate the life and witness of Christian figures whose witness had profound impact on the world as a whole. These are people who knew first-hand the meaning of Bonhoeffer's costly grace. Bonhoeffer's influence continues to be felt in places of oppression and violence, providing inspiration in recent times to Minjung theologians in Korea, anti-Apartheid activists in South Africa, and churches behind the Iron Curtain.

    Bonhoeffer is somewhat of an enigma, even as he becomes an increasingly popular figure for study, spiritual reflection, and emulation in various parts of the world. John Matthews argues that, while Bonhoeffer's greatest impact comes from his martyrdom, it is in Bonhoeffer's spirituality and theology that the seeds for continuing relevance and inspiration for the church into the third millennium.

    Anxious Souls Will Ask.: The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Our context is the same in significant ways, according to Matthews: Matthews connects the times of the ancient Israelites with modern times, and shows a connection thereby of the prophets in eighth-century Israel BCE with Bonhoeffer and modern calls for struggles against the collapse of civilisation and the rise of tyrrany. However, it is more than a call for simple preservation or restoration, however anxious change might make us. The book begins with a brief chronology of the events in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life, from his birth in to his death in The appendix has selections from Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers from Prison', a pivotal work that has profoundly influenced Christians all around the world since its publication.

    There are also appendices of the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as secondary sources in English. All of these are crumbling pillars, according to Matthews' reading of Bonhoeffer, but yet remain attractive and persistent in varying ways. Some speculated that Bonhoeffer had periods where he lost his faith in prison. Indeed, he did not set out to be a martyr, and would have looked upon intentional and sought-after martyrdom as an inappropriate expression of the Christian calling.

    Matthews argues that the faith Bonhoeffer had in God through Jesus Christ was so deep that his expression of that faith continues to be misunderstood at times even as his witness to the truth of God continues to be admired. Originally published on my blog at [ Bonhoeffer is not always easy to read.

    And all of Bonhoeffer's writings have recently been re-translated and complied in new editions. I am waiting for the price of the Kindle versions to drop a bit before I get them all. John Matthews has entered the fray to write as a pastor, with a strong academic background in the Bonhoeffer studies, a short book about Bonhoeffer's spirituality and theology. I listened to it because Audible. It was just over 2 hours of audio. Simon Vance was the narrator. Normally I try to review the audio quality and narration separately from the content.

    Anxious Souls Will Ask The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    But in this case it really affected the content. What was supposed to be pastoral and easy to understand, ended up being pretentious and lofty. Vance is a good narrator, but a bad choice for this project. He has a British accent and is very exact in his diction and pronunciation. That did not make listening to a pastoral approach better.