Cover of Act and Being (Works, Vol 2)

Act and Being (Works, Vol 2)

Written in 1929-1930 a Dietrich Bonhoeffer's second dissertation, this book deals with the questions of consciousness and conscience in theology fro the perspective of the Reformation insight about the origin of human sinfulness in the "heart turned in upon neither to the revelation of God nor to the encounter with the neighbor".

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 239 pages

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