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Nation may be a pacifist, but this book is a take-no-prisoners, full-blooded attack on a certain perception of Bonhoeffer as a hero of the German Resistance. Controversial and iconoclastic, the central argument demands interpreters of Bonhoeffer to respond. --Jennifer Moberly, Tutor and Lecturer in Ethics and Spiritualty, Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham University If you still think Bonhoeffer can be conscripted in support of Niebuhrian-style political realism, read this book. Nation patiently, painstakingly, and powerfully continues his work of delivering Bonhoeffer from that Babylonian captivity. Nation unfolds Bonhoeffer's nonviolence and pacifism not as ethical and political principles but as intrinsic to his radical, courageous participation in the living reality of Christ. Bonhoeffer's work is always existentially and theologically challenging, but ever more so when illuminated by Mark Nation. --Douglas Harink, Professor of Theology emeritus, The King's University, Edmonton Nation's meticulous research should disrupt the popular, often truncated narrative that Bonhoeffer was a tragic realist, a failed assassin. But even if readers remain committed to that tale, this book invites us to reread Bonhoeffer's theology with fresh eyes for our own day. In a world still full of violent powers vying for our allegiance, Bonhoeffer helps us imagine what it means to live with Christ crucified as the measure and mediator of a good and grace-filled life. --Erin Dufault-Hunter, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary

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Mark Thiessen Nation is Professor Emeritus of Theology, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia. His books include Bonhoeffer the Assassin? (2013).

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