Petra Brown

Nick Croydon

Finally reunited Luke and Holly learn of a plot to attack the house of their great uncle. With their friends Jamie and Jemimah, they fight and win the Battle of the Serpentine and defeat the attackers.

Luke and Holly Join Forces

Grace Gilmore

Worrying about his family's failing farm in 1892 Illinois, 8-year-old Logan lends a less-than-helpful hand that puts at risk his father's new job at the general store. Simultaneous and eBook.

Logan Pryce Makes a Mess

Malachy Doyle

This story features Granny Sarah and her granddaughter Lowri. Lowri just loves visiting her grandmother's cottage. But more than that she loves hearing the story of the last red kites, the ones nesting on the farm when Granny Sarah was a little girl.

Granny Sarah and the Last Red Kite

Theologian. Conspirator. Martyr. Saint. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was killed in the waning days of World War II, having been implicated in the July 20th assassination attempt on Hitler. Since his death, Bonhoeffer’s life and writings have inspired contradictory responses. He is often seen as a model for Christian pacifist resistance, and more recently for violent direct political action. Bonhoeffer’s name has been invoked by violent anti-abortion protestors as well as political leaders calling for support on a ‘war on terror’ in the aftermath of 9/11. Petra Brown critically analyses Bonhoeffer’s writing preceding and during his conspiracy involvement, particularly his recurring concept of the ‘extraordinary.’ Brown examines this idea in light of ‘the state of exception,’ a concept coined by the one-time Nazi jurist and political theorist, Carl Schmitt. She also draws on the existentialist philosopher Sören Kierkegaard to consider what happens when discipleship is understood as obedience to a divine command. This book aims to complicate an unreflective admiration of Bonhoeffer’s decision for conspiracy, and draws attention to the potentially dangerous implications of his emerging political theology.

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