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Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Reader’s Edition)

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“Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle nowadays is for costly grace.” And with that sharp warning to his own church, which used to be engaged in bitter conflict with the official Nazified state church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer started his book Discipleship (formerly entitled The Cost of Discipleship). Firstly published in 1937, it soon was a classic exposition of what it means to follow Christ in a brand new world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. At its center stands an interpretation of the Sermon at 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.

“Each call of Jesus is a call to death,” Bonhoeffer wrote. His own life ended in martyrdom on April 9, 1945.

Using the acclaimed DBWE translation, adapted to a more accessible format, this new edition features supplemental material from Victoria J. Barnett and an insightful introduction by Geffrey B. Kelly to elucidate the theological meaning and social context of this attempt to withstand the Nazi ideology.


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