Joel Burnell

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Arnold Köster

History & Biography

“Spanring rescues Koster's (Ana)Baptist path of resistance from obscurity, and by contrast throws new light on Bonhoeffer's path. His comparative study reveals two men who drew skillfully on their respective traditions while fighting just as courageously against distortions of them. Arguing that their lives serve as boundary markers on opposite sides of the path of discipleship, Spanring urges fellow travelers to remember they followed Jesus to the borders by clinging closely to Christ, the center.”