"Eberhard Arnold's essay was first published in German in 1913 as "Die eUbermacht des Gebetslebens" in Lebensbeweise lebendiger Gemeinden and revised by the author in 1929. Translated into English by Eileen Robertshaw, Winifred Hildel, and Miriam Mathis; revised and modernized by Charles E. Moore.

Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935), the German author and theologian who started the Bruderhof community, is known for his opposition to Hitler and his influence on contemporaries such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Martin Buber, Martin Niemöller, and Paul Tillich. Some of Arnold¿s books available in English are God¿s Revolution, Innerland, Why We Live in Community, The Early Christians, and Salt and Light.