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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SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION: Stop Misusing Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Support Political Violence and Christian Nationalism & UPDATE: Members of Bonhoeffer’s Extended Family Publish Open Letter Condemning the Distortion of his Legacy
Read the statement and sign the petition today! See the Supporters and Sign the Petition! Scholars and church leaders from the US and Germany speak out about the misuse of Bonhoeffer’s legacy in support of political violence and Christian Nationalism. Bonhoeffer Family Open Letter Nearly 100 members of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Extended Family Publish an Open [...]