Conspiracy and Resistance

STATEMENT: Lead Actors in “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin” Speak Out Together Against the Misuse of Bonhoeffer’s Legacy

Key members of the ensemble, including Jonas Dassler (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) and August Diehl (Martin Niemoller), have distanced themselves from possible misuses of the film. They stand behind the calls from Bonhoeffer scholars, church leaders, and extended members of the Bonhoeffer family to stop the distortion of Bonhoeffer’s life and legacy to justify Christian Nationalism and [...]

Ph.D. Announcement: Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton

Dissertation: Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton “Between Resistance and Submission: Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Christian Witness as Political Theology” Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Claire Hein Blanton who received her Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen this second week of July 2022. Her thesis was written under the supervision of Dr. Philip Ziegler and Dr. Michael Mawson. [...]

Wrocław Roads to Freedom: The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Edith Stein (May 2022)

The Evangelical School of Theology and the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Wrocław, Poland May 30 – June 1, 2022 Conference Schedule May 30, 2022 (Monday) St. Christopher’s Church, Saint Stephen’s Square 1 18:00   Welcome: Rev. Karol Długosz 18:05   Wroclaw Roads to Freedom: Rev. Dr. Joel Burnell, Fr. Prof. Bogdan Ferdek Bonhoeffer Memorial in Wroclaw [...]

Bonhoeffer the Assassin?

Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call the Peacemaking, by Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony G. Siegrist, and Daniel P. Umbel. Foreword By Stanley Hauerwas.  A Book Review By Steve Hickey, University of Aberdeen An intentionally controversial book, as the subtitle suggests, Bonhoeffer the Assassin? by Nation, Siegrist and Umbel is an attempt to challenge what the authors [...]

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