“Bonhoeffer moments” are everywhere, and are frequently unmoored from any understanding of how Bonhoeffer actually thought. But in Claire Hein Blanton's nuanced and careful work, we have a fulsome vision of how Bonhoeffer reasoned about the Christian life, service to neighbors, and resistance to the powers. Excellently sourced and historically rooted, her work sets the highest bar for understanding how Bonhoeffer thought about Christian political life.

Myles Werntz, Associate Professor of Theology, Albiene Christian University, US

Blanton retrieves Bonhoeffer within his Lutheran and historical contexts, reconstructing his political theology with clarity and restraint. She challenges prevailing assumptions, confronts contemporary political self-righteousness, and offers a disciplined, constructive way to appropriate Bonhoeffer's witness without the distortions that have marked so much recent interpretation.

Dallas Gingles, Associate Professor of Practice in Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Southern Methodist University, United States

Blanton's Between Submission and Resistance offers a vital corrective to contemporary uses of Bonhoeffer. Reading his political theology carefully in light of Luther, she challenges facile “Bonhoeffer Moments” and shows how Christian witness becomes responsible political action. Carefully researched and historically grounded, Blanton demonstrates Bonhoeffer's enduring relevance for Christians navigating fraught political times. It is a timely contribution.

Lori Brandt Hale, Professor of Religion, Augsburg University, Germany