“There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed, the reviled ---- in short, from the perspective of those who suffer . . . to look with new eyes on matters great and small.”
Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Writings
This book compiles a selection of writings by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor and theologian, covering a range of topics including Christian ethics, the nature of faith, and the role of the church in society. more
Author
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor, theologian, philosopher, and member of the resistance against the Nazis. Born on February 4, 1906, in Germany, he was executed on April 9, 1945 in a concentration camp. more
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