Bibliography

Bibliography of secondary literature on Eberhard Arnold

What is Righteousness?

Eberhard Arnold

It is not correct ideology, the right political party, nor decisive moralistic efforts that lead to true righteousness. God alone can bring the righteousness of a warm, loving heart, not a legalistic justice but the liberating Spirit of Jesus. This article appeared in Das Neue Werk magazine in 1920.

Three Dangers of Community

Eberhard Arnold

1926, after six years of intense communal living Eberhard reflects on the dangers of getting used to the mechanics of community and losing the initial enthusiasm in the grinding details of everyday life.

Reading Romans 13 under Fascism

Eberhard Arnold

In August 1934, the Bruderhof informed the German government that it would refuse to participate in a mandatory national plebiscite to affirm Hitler’s regime. In the community’s worship meeting the Sunday before the vote, its pastor Eberhard Arnold gave the following address on the relation of church and state.

Organic Community

Eberhard Arnold

Eberhard attended a board meeting of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation at the end of January 1921. These are excerpts from his report published in Das Neue Werk in 1921.

Politics and the Fire of Reconciliation

Eberhard Arnold

It was toward the end of World War I that Eberhard Arnold concluded that participation in war or violence of any kind was irreconcilable with a Christian life. But speaking and writing against militarism was not enough; his convictions led him to community – an opportunity to live the Sermon on the Mount, to live in love and brotherhood. “Reconciliation” was not an isolated compartment of his life. It was an integral part of his whole life’s witness.