About the curriculum:

The curriculum is designed to take 4-6 weeks to complete, includes lesson plans, slides, facilitator scripts, and handouts. Each week also contains an activity and/or discussion questions. The lessons build on one another and should be done in order. Lessons 1-4 offer a complete program. Lesson 5 is optional. There is an additional supplement that can be used at any point along the way, or not at all. The slides are a critical component of the materials. Using a meeting space with projection capabilities would be optimal.

Lesson 1: Ten Key Turning Points in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life

Lesson 2: Bonhoeffer’s Theological and Ethical Themes: It’s About the Neighbor

Lesson 3: Faith is Worldly: Bonhoeffer and This-Worldliness

Lesson 4: Taking a Stand: “Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment?” is the Wrong Question

(Optional) Lesson 5: Reading Bonhoeffer Today (Or, Reading Bonhoeffer Against Christian Nationalism)

Extra Module: Life Together, Building Community

About Lori Brandt Hale:

Lori Brandt Hale is the President of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section, Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN. She is the co-editor of and contributor to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance (Lexington Books, 2020) and co-author of Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians (Westminster John Knox Press, 2009). She has published numerous chapters and articles and spoken frequently on Bonhoeffer’s relevance in contemporary times, understanding of vocation, and hope for the future of the church. In 2024, she delivered a paper at the XIV International Bonhoeffer Congress in Sydney, Australia titled, “Revisiting Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prison Theology: Hope and Accountability for the Church.” It will be published in the forthcoming conference volume.