For those seeking a stimulating, thought-provoking evening, scholar and public intellectual Eric Metaxas will discuss his acclaimed book, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, the first major Bonhoeffer biography to be published in over forty years. His previous books include Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery.
The work was recently named “Book of the Year” by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). Bonhoeffer also won the 2011 John C. Pollock Award for Biography awarded by Beeson Divinity School and a 2011 Christopher Award in the Non-fiction category. Metaxas is the 2011 recipient of the Canterbury Medal awarded by the Becket Fund for Religious Freedom. For more details on the author please visit: http://www.ericmetaxas.com/about-eric/
"In Hitler's Germany, a Lutheran pastor chooses resistance and pays with his life ... Eric Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer's story with passion and theological sophistication, often challenging revisionist accounts that make Bonhoeffer out to be a 'humanist' or ethicist for whom religious doctrine was easily disposable ... " The Wall Street Journal.
Co-Sponsored by: Maplewood Presbyterian Church, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, The School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University and North Puget Sound Presbytery.
For more information, please see www.seattleu.edu, or call (206) 296-5330.