Modern & Contemporary Christianity · AD 1900–Present
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1906–1945 · Lutheran · Germany
A German Lutheran pastor and theologian involved in the Confessing Church and opposition to Nazism, executed in 1945.
Major contributions
Discipleship, ethics
- Wrote The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together.
- Reflected on Christian ethics, community, and responsibility amid political oppression.
Theological positions
Modern labels do not always describe historical writers precisely.
- Lutheran
He served as a Lutheran pastor and theologian.
- Ecclesiology
Life Together explores shared Christian life and discipline.
Major writings
- The Cost of Discipleship
- Life Together