The Modern Era · 1939
Life Together
Gemeinsames Leben
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 1906–1945
What it is
A short account of the shared life of the Finkenwalde seminary — the day together, the day alone, confession, service — with a warning that a community which loves its own ideal of community will destroy the real one.
Why it lasted
The most practical book on Christian community in print, written out of an experiment the state shut down after two years.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
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