Bonhoeffer's Seminary Vision: A Case for Costly Discipleship and Life Together

Costly Discipleship and Life Together: Recovering Bonhoeffer's Educational Vision

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is best known for his role in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and his subsequent execution at the hands of the Nazis. However, most of us are less familiar with his tireless work educating seminary students for a life of pastoral ministry--a role that occupied him for most of his adult life.

Anchored in a variety of influential lectures, personal letters, and major works such as The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together, this book attempts to recover a largely unexamined part of Bonhoeffer's life, exploring his philosophy and practice of theological education in his original context. It then builds on this foundation to address the drift toward increasingly impersonal educational models in our own day, affirming the value of personal, face-to-face seminary education for the health of pastors and churches.

• Explores an unexamined part of Bonhoeffer's life and legacy
• Addresses concerns about the rise of remote online education in our day
• Draws on Bonhoeffer's lectures, letters, and major works

Author: Paul R. House
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 04/30/2015
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.17w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9781433545443

About the Author

Paul R. House (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the former professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He has been a pastor or teacher in churches, Christian colleges, and seminaries for over forty years. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society and an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature. House is the author of several books, including Zephaniah: A Prophetic Drama; The Unity of the Twelve; Old Testament Theology; 1, 2 Kings (NAC); Lamentations (WBC); Daniel (TOTC); and Bonhoeffer's Seminary Vision. He was the general editor of the ESV Concise Study Bible.