The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical?

In this arresting new study of Bonhoeffer as a theologian and as an activist, Weikart carefully and persuasively argues that Bonhoeffer's postwar reputation as an anti-Nazi martyr has subsumed aspects of his religious and cultural beliefs and praxis to the detriment of both. Dietrich Bonhoeffer suffered for his moral courage and his anti-Nazis activities. Professor Richard Weikart argues that Bonhoeffer's theology has also suffered a terrible fate: misunderstanding. Rather than being a largely conservative affair as argued by Huntemann and others, Bonhoeffer was informed and radicalized by existentialism and the political currents of his time. In no other work is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's soterilogy examined in such depth and his evangelism reaffirmed.

The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical

Religion & Spirituality

Weikart, Richard

Christian Books & Bibles

Intl Scholars Pubns

In this arresting new study of Bonhoeffer as a theologian and as an activist, Weikart carefully and persuasively argues that Bonhoeffer's postwar reputation as an anti-Nazi martyr has subsumed aspects of his religious and cultural beliefs and praxis to the detriment of both. Dietrich Bonhoeffer suffered for his moral courage and his anti-Nazis activities. Professor Richard Weikart argues that Bonhoeffer's theology has also suffered a terrible fate: misunderstanding. Rather than being a largely conservative affair as argued by Huntemann and others, Bonhoeffer was informed and radicalized by existentialism and the political currents of his time. In no other work is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's soterilogy examined in such depth and his evangelism reaffirmed.

Do you believe human life is inherently valuable? Unfortunately, in the secularized age of state-sanctioned euthanasia and abortion-on-demand, many are losing faith in the simple value of human life. To the disillusioned, human beings are a cosmic accident whose intrinsic value is worth no more than other animals. The Death of Humanity explores our culture's declining respect for the sanctity of human life, drawing on philosophy and history to reveal the dark road ahead for society if we lose our faith in human life.

The Death of Humanity: and the Case for Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Salem Books

For a man whom history can never forget, Adolf Hitler remains a persistent mystery on one front—his religious faith. Atheists tend to insist Hitler was a devout Christian. Christians counter that he was an atheist. And still others suggest that he was a practicing member of the occult. None of these theories are true, says historian Richard Weikart. Delving more deeply into the question of Hitler's religious faith than any researcher to date, Weikart reveals the startling and fascinating truth about the most hated man of the 20th century: Adolf Hitler was a pantheist who believed nature was God. In Hitler's Religion, Weikart explains how the laws of nature became Hitler's only moral guide—how he became convinced he would serve God by annihilating supposedly "inferior" human beings and promoting the welfare and reproduction of the allegedly superior Aryans in accordance with racist forms of Darwinism prevalent at the time.

Hitler's Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Regnery History

To hear some tell it, Adolf Hitler was a Christian creationist who rejected Darwinian evolution. Award-winning historian Richard Weikart shows otherwise. According to Weikart, Darwinian evolution crucially influenced Hitler and the Nazis, and the Nazis zealously propagated evolutionary theory during the Third Reich. Inspired by arguments from both Darwin and early Darwinists, the Nazis viewed the “Nordic race” as superior to other races and set about advancing human evolution by ridding the world of “inferior” races and individuals. As Weikart also shows, these ideas circulate today among white nationalists and neo-Nazis, who routinely use Darwinian theory in their propaganda to advance a racist agenda. Darwinian Racism is careful history. It is also a wake-up call.

Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism

History

Europe

Discovery Institute

Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing

Self-Help

Death & Grief

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