Theological and Philosophical Biography and Glossary
(1906-1945) German Lutheran pastor; had mystical tendencies; coined term "cheap grace" and "religionless Christianity"; a member of resistance against Nazis; imprisoned 1943-1945 for plotting to kill Hitler; hanged; wrote 1. The Cost of Discipleship; 2. Ethics; 3. Creation and Fall; and 4. Letters and Papers from Prison.