I have read only superficially about Bonhoeffer, so am admittedly ignorant about him other than the basic bio and this particular quote. thanks for the Metaxas name.
“””I have read only superficially about Bonhoeffer, so am admittedly ignorant about him other than the basic bio and this particular quote. thanks for the Metaxas name.”””
I found some notes on Metaxas from a dig I did in 2012, so the links may not be working, and keep in mind the context of the year 2012:
Metaxas, Colson, Bonhoeffer, Becket and Socrates
About Eric Metaxas
“Eric Metaxas is a Christian author residing in Manhattan. His best-selling biographies “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” and “Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to end Slavery,” have made him a sought-after speaker. He was the keynote speaker at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., an event attended by the President and First Lady and other U.S. and world leaders.
“He is founder of Socrates in the City and co-host of BreakPoint, a daily radio commentary launched by Eric’s mentor Chuck Colson and heard on 1,400 radio outlets nationally.”
“In 2001, he was the 17th recipient of the Canterbury Medal awarded by the Becket Fund for Religious Freedom. Previous medalists include Mitt Romney, Chuck Colson, and Elie Wiesel.”
“At the invitation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Fr. Jonathan Morris, Eric began broadcasting “Faith and Culture Minute” on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM Radio in October 2012.”
http://www.breakpoint.org/faithminute/about-eric-metaxas
Eric Metaxas
“Although popular in the United States, Bonhoeffer scholars have widely condemned Metaxas’s book as unhistorical, theologically weak, and philosophically naive. Professor of German History and Bonhoeffer scholar Richard Weikart has credited Metaxas for his “engaging writing style” in his biography, but he critically assessed its content and characterized it as an appeal to Evangelical Christians in the United States, noting Metaxas’ lack of philosophical, theological, and historical grounding to interpret Bonhoeffer properly.[4] The biography has also been criticized by Bonhoeffer scholars Victoria Barnett[5] and Clifford Green.[6]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Metaxas
Eric attends Calvary/St. George’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan
http://www.calvarystgeorges.org/
Socrates in the City - by Charles Colson on January 2, 2012 - Catholic Exchange
“Wright shared his views at a New York City gathering called Socrates in the City — arranged by my friend and colleague Eric Metaxas, author of the amazing biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Metaxas put the Socrates in the City meetings together to help sophisticated New Yorkers think about the bigger questions of life. I’ve spoken there twice, and they’re great.”
http://catholicexchange.com/socrates-in-the-city/
Socrates in the City
http://www.socratesinthecity.com/
The Becket Fund
“The Becket Fund has represented groups and persons from many different religious traditions in litigation, pre-litigation, and appeals, including Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, Santeros, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians..”
“Another Becket Fund client is a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that was denied the right to use its building by a local court after complaints that the mosque was promoting terrorism.[4]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckett_Fund
The Becket Fund is the brainchild of Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson.
http://www.becketfund.org/our-founder/
Kevin Hasson
“He is a 1985 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, and also holds a Masters Degree in theology from Notre Dame.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Hasson
Hasson support for Muslim U.S. House Representative Keith Ellison to use a Koran in his swearing-in ceremony
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1207/p01s03-uspo.html
Thomas Becket - (circa 1118 – 29 December 1170)
“He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after his death, he was canonised by Pope Alexander III.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket
Elie Wiesel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
About BreakPoint
“Begun by Chuck Colson in 1991 as a daily radio broadcast, BreakPoint provides a Christian perspective on today’s news and trends via radio, interactive media, and print. Today BreakPoint commentaries, co-hosted by Eric Metaxas and John Stonestreet, air daily on more than 1,200 outlets with an estimated weekly listening audience of eight million people.”
http://www.breakpoint.org/about-bp
Chuck Colson - (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) Ecumenist?? Romanist??
“Colson also credits Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings with influencing his life.”
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/colson/general.htm
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/chuck_colson-heretic.htm
Charles “Chuck” Wendell Colson
“In November 2009, Colson was a principal writer and driving force behind an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.[48] He previously had ignited controversy within Protestant circles for his mid-90s common-ground initiative with conservative Roman Catholics Evangelicals and Catholics Together, which Colson wrote alongside prominent Roman Catholic Richard John Neuhaus. Colson was also a proponent of the Bible Literacy Project’s curriculum The Bible and Its Influence for public high school literature courses.[49]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Colson
Richard John Neuhaus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_John_Neuhaus
Bonhoeffer at the BreakPoint
http://www.breakpoint.org/bp-home/search-breakpoint?searchword=bonhoeffer&ordering=&searchphrase=all