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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 01:14:47
Publish Date: 2024-11-24 18:45:00
Description:

A new movie has been released this week about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who was killed by the Nazis for his involvement in a plot to kill Hitler. 

Bonhoeffer's fame has ballooned into a kind of mythology that has seen people of all stripes "claim" him as their own. But our guest for this episode says that if we only think of him as a “hero” for our cause, we may miss important pieces of Bonhoeffer’s complex life and thinking. 

So, who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer and why does he still matter?

  • (04:47) - - Bonhoeffer's Germany
  • (13:13) - - The Nazi Church
  • (22:59) - - Bonhoeffer's career begins
  • (30:36) - - Bonhoeffer begins to speak out
  • (40:20) - - Bonhoeffer joins a resistence
  • (46:55) - - The plot to kill Hitler
  • (50:51) - - Bonhoeffer's ethical theory: how he might have justified killing Hitler
  • (58:09) - - Imprisoned by the Nazis
  • (01:00:21) - - Bonhoeffer is executed
  • (01:04:59) - - What we get wrong about Bonhoeffer
  • (01:08:11) - - Jesus: the man for others
 
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