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Bonhoeffer the assassin? : challenging the myth, recovering his call to peacemaking / Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony G. Siegrist, and Daniel P. Umbel.

by Nation, Mark.

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Grand Rapids : Baker Academic, [2013]

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

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http://d-nb.info/1052613187/04

9780801039614 (paperback)

0801039614 (paperback)

xv, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Foreword / by Stanley Hauerwas -- Introduction -- Part 1: Bonhoeffer's Biography Reconsidered -- 1. "Pacifist and Enemy of the State" -- 2. Seeking a "Legitimate Christian Means" of Fighting Hitler -- 3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Assassin? -- Part 2: The Development of Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics -- 4. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Amoral Ethics: "An Extremely Awkward Undertaking" Never Again Attempted -- 5. Obedience to Jesus Christ: Narrating God's Command in Bonhoeffer's Discipleship -- 6. The Penultimate and the Ultimate: Negotiating the Discipleship Tradition in Ethics -- 7. "Everyone Who Acts Responsibly Becomes Guilty": Contested Themes in Ethics.

This careful examination questions the assumption that Bonhoeffer was involved in plots to assassinate Hitler and reveals Bonhoeffer's consistent commitment to peace.

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