Christ the Center

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Book Overview

The New York Times Book Review states, "It would be impossible to overrate Dietrich Bonhoeffer's importance as a disciple, a great Christian and moral leader." Christ the Center cogently presents the basis of Bonhoeffer's thinking about Jesus Christ and offers the key to his entire theology. A classic work of Christological thought, both edifying and uplifting, Christ the Center is an enlightening guide to faith and action in uncertain times.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060608110
• ISBN13: 9780060608118
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

New version comes out Sept 1, 2009

The new critical edition of Bonhoeffer's 1933 Christology lectures that appear in Christ the Center come out Sept 1, 2009 in Berlin: 1932-1933 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 12)

The great German theologian puts first things first

After seminary taught me how to dissect the Bible and faith, this pre-WWII work by the disciple of "costly grace" helped me put it back together. It is thoroughly academic, and it is unswerving in its insistence that questions of Biblical criticism cannot be placed before and above the question of our relationship to Christ. When Christ is the center, the world looks different than we arrogantly thought it would when looking from the outside in.

Cost of Discipleship

This is an amazing book which will challenge the way you think about Christianity. Bonhoeffer brings up issues of grace, faith, and obiedence which will compel anyone to reflect on their faith in Jesus Christ. It is a wonderful and intellectual book for anyone who wants to know what REAL Christianity is.

An excellent exposition of Jesus as the center of all.

The book is very philosophical and filled with the language of theology. It pushes toward the question of all Christian theology: where is the place of Jesus of Nazareth in our faith? I think that Bonhoeffer's deductions are right on.