Eberhard Arnold

Founder of the Bruderhof

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Writings and Essays

These texts (either published essays or transcriptions of lectures) are translated from the original German. They are listed alphabetically by title.

  • Against Bloodshed and Violence
  • Away from Compromise and Shadow
  • Away with all Human Honor
  • Becoming True Men and Women
  • The Bond of the Spirit
  • Community Must be Given by the Spirit
  • Fiftieth Birthday Address
  • The Innermost Essence of our Growth
  • Repentance, Conversion, and Faith
 
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    This site is maintained by the Bruderhof. We have preserved Arnold's writings and are working to catalog and translate them, making them available to a wider audience.

  • An Embassy Besieged

    An Embassy Besieged

    New book! The Bruderhof’s response to Adolf Hitler. During the last years of his life, Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof lived under the shadow of the Nazis. Here for the first time is the story of their resistance and Eberhard Arnold’s bold witness to the politics of the Kingdom of God.

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  • Essays

    • Against Bloodshed
    • Away From Compromise
    • Becoming True Men and Women
    • The Bond of the Spirit
    • Repentance, Conversion and Faith
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    Religion and devout feelings are useless unless they are expressed in action and in truth, that is, in real community. Jesus says, Love God! And his other command is exactly the same: Love your neighbor! We cannot love God if we do not love our neighbor.

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