Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran minister, theologian, and martyr. He was born into a prominent middle-class family at Breslau (Wrocław), the sixth of eight children. His father, Karl Bonhoeffer, an agnostic, was one of the most distinguished neurologists in Germany as a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Berlin and the director of the psychiatric clinic at Charité Hospital in Berlin. His mother, Paula von Hase, was a granddaughter of Karl von Hase, More...

Loved this book, lots of great insights into the thinking and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - the flip side of this was that there was less 'story' to this book than a biography would suggest. I felt van Dyke should have tried to research more thoroughly the life of Dietrich, it feels as though he limited himself somewhat to the letters, books and sermons that Bonhoeffer wrote.

Biography of Germany's most well-known Christian martyr of World War II. Certainly his life was inspiring, but what intrigued me most was the way that the Christian church acquiesced to the Nazi regime. His theological observations as a result of his disappointment in the church and his time in prison are very complex.