Regime Biographies Samples For Students

Book Reviewed

Metaxas, E. (2010). Bonhoeffer: Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy: a Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Introduction and Thesis

God has a purpose for each and every human being. From the biblical teachings, God uses certain individuals, especially the least expected, to achieve His plans for human beings. All difficulties can be overcome by these chosen individuals, although before humans it may appear impossible to realize certain things, but to God nothing is impossible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a good example of how God works through people to show his greatness, especially a time when it appears to be no hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born ...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?”
One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of social systems. ...

Introduction

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a Lutheran pastor and theologian in Germany. As the Nazi Party grew in power, he protested against their atrocities and was one of the central founders of the Confessing Church (Metaxas 2010). He wrote The Cost of Discipleship, one of the modern classics when it comes to the role of the Christian in a secular world. He was also well known for his strident opposition to the euthanasia program and the genocide of the Jews, both pet programs of Adolf Hitler. The Gestapo arrested him in the spring of 1943, ...