"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."

As a Christian this book was deeply challenging and moving to me. It's difficult to put into words the effect that this book has. Someone of another faith or belief system may find it hard to sympathize, but reading the text will have a similar effect on anyone. Bonhoeffer lived out the radical faith he preaches in this work, and proved it with his life. This forum is too short a medium to convey everything unique and valuable about this work, so let me simply encourage anyone out there to read this work, especially those claiming the Christian faith. This work is the root of the theology that is becoming so popular today with books like 'Radical', 'Crazy Love' and 'Irresistible Revolution'. Written during the 1930's and 40's, this work delivers it in a less conversational and fashionable manner, with a much heavier ton and a more thorough treatment of scripture. This isn't a fire and brimstone book, but it will certainly leave the reader feeling sober and reflective.

This book was deeply challenging to me personally, and I'm thankful that I had the chance to be exposed to it. I don't agree with 100% of the content, but the struggle with the ideas posed made the comprehension deeper. Once more, I cannot encourage any reader, especially Christian readers looking for a deeper faith, to pick this up, work through the difficult passages (not difficult in reading, but difficult in accepting) and take what they can from it. Even those who have no respect for the Christian faith stand to learn a great deal about it from this work.