The battle for Bonhoeffer : debating discipleship in the age of Trump

The Figure Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) Has Become A Clay Puppet In Modern American Politics. Secular, Radical, Liberal, And Evangelical Interpreters Variously Shape And Mold The Martyr’s Legacy To Suit Their Own Pet Agendas. Stephen Haynes Offers An Incisive And Clarifying Perspective. A Recognized Bonhoeffer Expert, Haynes Examines “populist” Readings Of Bonhoeffer, Including The Acclaimed Biography By Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In His Analysis Haynes Treats, Among Other Things, The November 2016 Election Of Donald Trump And The “bonhoeffer Moment” Announced By Evangelicals In Response To The Us Supreme Court’s 2015 Decision To Legalize Same-sex Marriage. The Battle For Bonhoeffer Includes An Open Letter From Haynes Pointedly Addressing Christians Who Still Support Trump. Bonhoeffer’s Legacy Matters. Haynes Redeems The Life And The Man. Part I. Exploring Bonhoeffer's American Reception : -- 1. The Man, The Myth, The Battle -- 2. Rorschach Test : American Bonhoeffers Fom Cox To Kuehn -- 3. Gradual Embrace : The Evangelical Bonhoeffer Before Metaxas -- Part Ii. Bonhoeffer And Homegrown Hitlers : -- 4. Bonhoeffer, Bush, And The War On Terror --5. Bonhoeffer, Obama, And The Culture Of Death -- 6. The Metaxas Phenomenon -- Part Iii. Triumph Of The Populist Bonhoeffer : --8. Surprise : Bonhoeffer Gets Trumped -- 9. Aftermath : A Bonhoeffer Moment For Liberals -- 10. The Battle For Bonhoeffer, Circa 2018 -- Postscript : Your Bonhoeffer Moment : An Open Letter To Christians Who Love Bonhoeffer And (still) Support Trump Stephen R. Haynes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics. Secular, radical, liberal, and evangelical interpreters variously shape and mold the martyr’s legacy to suit their own pet agendas. Stephen Haynes offers an incisive and clarifying perspective. A recognized Bonhoeffer expert, Haynes examines zpopulisty readings of Bonhoeffer, including the acclaimed biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his analysis Haynes treats, among other things, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump and the zBonhoeffer momenty announced by evangelicals in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage. The Battle for Bonhoeffer includes an open letter from Haynes pointedly addressing Christians who still support Trump. Bonhoeffer’s legacy matters. Haynes redeems the life and the man