Join us for a day with internationally renowned Bonhoeffer scholars, Dr. Stephen Haynes and Dr. Reggie Williams. Stay for a second day, January 18th, to screen “The Cloud of Witnesses: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Harlem 1930/31.” Learn More Watch the Video! Resisting Christian Nationalism and Building the Beloved Community with King and Bonhoeffer On MLK weekend, we’ll learn about the intersecting [...]
Registration Open: 2025 IBS-ELS Annual Dinner and Program, featuring Dr. Chandi Plummer (Friday, November 21st in Boston, MA)
2025 IBS-ELS Annual Members’ & Friends of the Society Dinner and Program The International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section invites you to our annual Bonhoeffer Society Dinner and Program, which is held conjointly with the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. All are welcome. WHEN: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2025 TIME: 5:30PM, GATHERING & WINE [...]
OPEN ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE: Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology (By Michael Mawson)
Dr. Mawson’s book is now open access. Download it today! OPEN ACCESS/DOWNLOAD LINK A new book by Dr. Michael Mawson, Member of the IBS-ELS Board of Directors, September 2023 Dr. Michael Mawson, Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor, Theological and Religious Studies, University of Auckland, is the author of the newest volume in the T&T Clark Series, [...]
RESOURCE (Fall 2024): A Collection of Public Statements, Movie Reviews, and Essays for Reading, Teaching, and Understanding Bonhoeffer (Links and PDFs) – Check Back for Updates
Statements – Fall 2024 Bonhoeffer Scholars’ Statement, October 2024: LINK Bonhoeffer Scholars’ Statement, October 2024: PDF Bonhoeffer Family Statement, October 2024: PDF Actors’ (Bonhoeffer Film) Statement, November 2024: PDF Movie Reviews – Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. Christopher J. Probst, “Film Review: Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Spy, Assassin,” December 2024: LINK Christopher J. Probst, “Film Review: Bonhoeffer, Pastor, [...]
Who Owns Bonhoeffer? What Does Resistance Mean? A Conference at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial on the 80th Anniversary of Bonhoeffer’s Execution (April 7th-9th, 2025)
WHAT DOES RESISTANCE MEAN TODAY? He provokes, inspires, and divides: April 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the murder of theologian and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer by the Nazis in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Bonhoeffer was active in the Confessing Church and later in the conspiratorial resistance against the totalitarian Hitler state. As a Christian [...]
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