Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof

Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof
by Markus Baum
http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/AgainstTheWind.htm

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.

"Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof" (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.

Most of all, "Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof" gives
flesh, blood, and personality to a man whose unwavering convictions made
him at once hated and admired, a man whom some called an enemy of the
State and others a modern Saint Francis. Arnold walked resolutely against
the prevailing winds, even as Nazism engulfed Germany. The Bruderhof
movement, which carries on his commitment to integrate faith and social
action, is a witness to his continuing legacy.

The author, Markus Baum, is a popular German journalist and radio
commentator.

Download the free e-book of "Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the
Bruderhof" at
http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/AgainstTheWind.htm

For more on the early history of the Bruderhof Communities see "A Joyful
Pilgrimage" also available free online:
http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/AJoyfulPilgrimage.htm