This is the story, told in full for the first time, of Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935). A man for today's seekers, he faced life's essential questions head on, and once he had struggled his way through to an answer, he tried to live it. For him, discipleship meant the radical self-sacrifice of living in community like the Early Christians.
Against the Wind (originally pubished in German) explores the forces that shaped Arnold's life and his own influence on other spiritual leaders of his day - Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, and Martin Buber among them. It recounts his renunciation of private property and military service, and explains his abhorrence of conventional piety on the one hand, and his love for the early church fathers on the other.
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This is the story, told in full for the first time, of Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935). A man for today's seekers, he faced life's essential questions head on, and once he had struggled his way through to an answer, he tried to live it. For him, discipleship meant the radical self-sacrifice of living in community like the Early Christians. Against the Wind (originally pubished in German) explores the forces that shaped Arnold's life and his own influence on other spiritual leaders of his day - Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, and Martin Buber among them. It recounts his renunciation of private property and military service, and explains his abhorrence of conventional piety on the one hand, and his love for the early church fathers on the other.