Gathers selected writings by the influential Christian theologian who, at age thirty-nine, was executed by the Nazis

A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH

Kelly, Geffrey B.

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

The German theologian Dorothee Soelle once wrote that "Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the one German theologian who will lead us into the third millennium." Now as we near the end of the first decade of this third millennium, Bonhoeffer continues to inspire new generations of those who have recognized in him a spiritual guide in their actions on behalf of peace and social justice. This book by Geffrey Kelly, Bonhoeffer scholar and past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society, provides a critical analysis and reading guide to two of the spiritual classics that are now available in new translations through recent critical editions of Bonhoeffer's collected writings organised and published the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section, in collaboration with Fortress Press."Reading Bonhoeffer" offers a running commentary of each segment of these popular texts along with discussion questions suitable for the university and seminary classroom as well as for parish adult education programs using these two books. In the final section of the book, Dr Kelly has excerpted and analysed three significant texts by Bonhoeffer on the need for world peace against the rising militarism and continued glorification of war in Germany and other European nations.

Reading Bonhoeffer: A Guide to His Spiritual Classics and Selected Writings on Peace

Religion & Spirituality

Kelly, Benjamin

Christian Books & Bibles

James Clarke & Co.

Karl Rahner: Theologian of the Graced Search for Meaning

T&T Clark

Discover how physical, mental, and spiritual health can be enhanced by faithA physician, well-known for praying with his patients, and an award-winning professor of theology share their insights on how religious faith can provide help in the healing processes of today’s health care ministry. Is There a God in Health Care? shares the belief that prayer can be a powerful resource in dealing with illness, whether physical, spiritual, or emotional. The authors avoid rehashing analytical theories on suffering and the miracles of healing they may have seen, instead examining how personal faith can enhance the immune system, how a spiritual outlook can help bear the burden of suffering and grief, and how forbearance and forgiveness are crucial in maintaining a healthy attitude toward life. Authors William F. Haynes Jr. and Geffrey B. Kelly share their experiences on the nature of faith, spirituality, and the practice of prayer as pathways to the achievement of inner peace, good health, and wholeness when struggling to overcome illness, cope with grief, or finding meaning in suffering. Is There a God in Health Care? examines how, without neglecting proper medical interventions, faith can become a helpful healing resource in times of need. This compelling book presents case studies of patients healed or cured of their illnesses through the power of prayer and stories of actual services in which a religious healer has affected both spiritual healings and physical cures. Is There a God in Health Care? includes: suggestions for learning how to pray stages of faith and prayer healing a broken heart doctor-patient bonding the physician as spiritual healer the importance of listening God as caregiver accepting God’s plan the mystery of prayers that go unanswered the impact of national and international political policies in present-day health care crises and much more Is There a God in Health Care? is brimming with compassion and insights that can help everyone involved in the healing professions and anyone who cares for the sick among us.

Is There a God in Health Care: Toward a New Spirituality of Medicine (Religion and Mental Health)

Koenig,Harold G.

Haynes, William F

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

Discover how physical, mental, and spiritual health can be enhanced by faith A physician, well-known for praying with his patients, and an award-winning professor of theology share their insights on how religious faith can provide help in the healing processes of today’s health care ministry. Is There a God in Health Care? shares the belief that prayer can be a powerful resource in dealing with illness, whether physical, spiritual, or emotional. The authors avoid rehashing analytical theories on suffering and the miracles of healing they may have seen, instead examining how personal faith can enhance the immune system, how a spiritual outlook can help bear the burden of suffering and grief, and how forbearance and forgiveness are crucial in maintaining a healthy attitude toward life. Authors William F. Haynes Jr. and Geffrey B. Kelly share their experiences on the nature of faith, spirituality, and the practice of prayer as pathways to the achievement of inner peace, good health, and wholeness when struggling to overcome illness, cope with grief, or finding meaning in suffering. Is There a God in Health Care? examines how, without neglecting proper medical interventions, faith can become a helpful healing resource in times of need. This compelling book presents case studies of patients healed or cured of their illnesses through the power of prayer and stories of actual services in which a religious healer has affected both spiritual healings and physical cures. Is There a God in Health Care? includes: 
<ul>
<li> suggestions for learning how to pray 
</li>
<li> stages of faith and prayer 
</li>
<li> healing a broken heart 
</li>
<li> doctor-patient bonding 
</li>
<li> the physician as spiritual healer 
</li>
<li> the importance of listening 
</li>
<li> God as caregiver 
</li>
<li> accepting God’s plan 
</li>
<li> the mystery of prayers that go unanswered 
</li>
<li> the impact of national and international political policies in present-day health care crises 
</li>
<li> and much more</li>
</ul> Is There a God in Health Care? is brimming with compassion and insights that can help everyone involved in the healing professions and anyone who cares for the sick among us.

Is There a God in Health Care: Toward a New Spirituality of Medicine

Karl Rahner's (1904--1984) vast erudition, deeply creative proposals in all the key theological areas, and pervasive influence made him one of the giants of twentieth- century theology. Yet the very depth and extent of his contributions have made reading Rahner a formidable test of one's interest. Geffrey Kelly's anthology of Rahner's writings overcomes the obstacles beautifully. Like prior volumes in this highly praised series, Karl Rahner features a lengthy Introduction, which situates Rahner's thought firmly in his biography and spirituality. The Select Bibliography neatly organizes the vast work by and on Rahner. And the Selected Texts are creatively chosen, strategically beginning not with Rahner's philosophical anthropology but with the spiritual life. Together they comprise something of a mini- summa of Rahner's contributions to the chief areas of theology: * prayer and the spiritual life; * grace and freedom: * revelation and the development of dogma; * the doctrine of God; * Jesus Christ; * the Holy Spirit; * the church; * sacrament and symbol; * Christian faith, praxis, and martyrdom; * methodology in theology.

Karl Rahner: Theologian of the Graced Search for Meaning (Making of Modern Theology)

Fortress Press

"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.

Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 4

History

Godsey, John D.

Green, Barbara

World

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translation of Bonhoeffer's writings, with introductions, annotations, and interpretations. The stimulus for the writing of Life Together was the closing of the preacher's seminary at Finkenwalde. The treatise contains Bonhoeffer's thoughts about the nature of Christian community based on the common life that he and his seminarians experienced at the seminary and in the "Brother's House" there. Bonhoeffer completed the writing of Life Together in 1938. Prayerbook of the Bible is a classic of Christian spirituality. In this theological interpretation of the Psalms, Bonhoeffer describes the moods of an individual's relationship with God and also the turns of love and heartbreak, of joy and sorrow, that are themselves the Christian community's path to God.

Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 5)

Bloesch, Daniel W.

In exploring the spiritual dimensions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life and writings, this new book not only fills a crucial gap in Bonhoeffer studies but it also brings to the fore those aspects of his thought that can inform and inspire moral leadership today. The Cost of Moral Leadership probes the spirituality of this modern Christian martyr and shows how his spiritual life formed him into an exceptional moral leader in a period known for grievous immorality. Geffrey Kelly and F. Burton Nelson explore Bonhoeffer's spirituality in the context of his life story, his work for social justice, his Christocentric theology, his emphasis on discipleship, his preaching, and his prolific writing.

The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nelson, F. Burton

Eerdmans

In our current context, given what we are learning about the high cost of failed moral leadership, it is more urgent than ever to seek and study models for the formation of exceptional leaders. Readers who missed Burton Nelson and Geffrey Kelly's groundbreaking, insightful, painstakingly researched, and substantially&nbsp;encouraging&nbsp;study of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer teaches us about moral leadership when it was first published will be copiously rewarded by studying it now. This is a book to read for yourself and recommend to students, congregants, colleagues, and others whom you would like to draw into profound and fruitful meditation on Christian moral leadership.

Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

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