Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community - Softcover

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060608528 ISBN 13: 9780060608521

Publisher: HarperOne, 1978

Synopsis

From one of the most widely-influential Christian writers of all time – German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer – now the subject of a major motion picture

Famed Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together is a bold and daring look at Christian life, and what cross-centered living can look like for all believers. Renowned for his thoughts on Christianity’s role in the secular world, Bonhoeffer, also the author of bestselling The Cost of Discipleship, allows readers to deepen their faith and fellowship through actionable steps towards building lasting and meaningful communities.

In Life Together, Bonhoeffer, famous for his involvement in a plot to overthrow Adolph Hitler, recounts his unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years in Germany. Through this one-of-a-kind lived experience, he compassionately yet challengingly defines what living in a community is all about, and the divine importance of it.

In five brief, yet rich, chapters, Bonhoeffer enlightens us on:

·      How to build a meaningful community, through both mutual affection for Christ and for each other

·      The fundamental elements of community, including prayer, worship, and service, but also listening, comforting, and confessing sins to one another

·      How love permeates every aspect of community—love for God, one another, and the beauty of connection

·      The role that loneliness and uncertainty play in finding community and answering God’s call

Practical yet profound, this book remains the most influential and modern book on the nature and spirit of authentic Christian community. It reveals the communal Christian spirit that inspired Bonhoeffer and his Christian associates to conspire to assassinate Hitler as an act of true Christian love and courage. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.

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About the Author

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a renowned and beloved Christian minister, seminary professor, and theologian who was imprisoned and later executed by the Nazis for his resistance to Hitler. He was the author of the bestselling classic The Cost of Discipleship, Life Together, and Letters and Papers from Prison.

From the Back Cover

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands. Now in Life Together we have Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters. It gives practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups. The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060608528
• ISBN 13: 9780060608521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128