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"Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle today is for costly grace." And with that sharp warning to his own church, which was engaged in bitter conflict with the official nazified state church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began his book Discipleship (formerly entitled The Cost of Discipleship). Originally published in 1937, it soon became a classic exposition of what it means to follow Christ in a modern world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. At its center stands an interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount: what Jesus demanded of his followers-and how the life of discipleship is to be continued in all ages of the post- resurrection church. "Every call of Jesus is a call to death," Bonhoeffer wrote. His own life ended in martyrdom on April 9, 1945. Freshly translated from the German critical edition, Discipleship provides a more accurate rendering of the text and extensive aids and commentary to clarify the meaning, context, and reception of this work and its attempt to resist the Nazi ideology then infecting German Christian churches.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Discipleship
• Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354
• EAN: 9780800683245
• ISBN: 0800683242
• ID: 04162720
• Publisher: 1517 Media
• Weight: 506 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 156 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. May 2003

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