Political Life and Theology

AAR Schedule: Meeting Times for Bonhoeffer Sessions at AAR, November 2022 (Denver, CO)

Session A19-208 Religion and Catastrophe: Bonhoeffer in Comparative Perspective Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (In Person) Convention Center-Mile High 4C (Lower Level) In this session, scholars engage Bonhoeffer’s thought through a series of comparative studies in conversation with diverse traditions of religious and ecological inquiry. The papers examine Bonhoeffer in comparison with Sufi Muslim [...]

In Memoriam: J. Deotis Roberts (1927-2022)

Rev. Dr. J. Deotis Roberts (1927-2022) Born July 12, 1927 in Spindale, North Carolina, Dr. Roberts earned a Ph.D. in Philosophical Theology in 1957 and later received a Doctor of Letters Degree, both from the University of Edinburgh. Roberts also received degrees from Johnson C. Smith University (Bachelor of Arts), Shaw University Divinity School (Bachelor [...]

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. [...]

Why is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Relevant Today?

In 2019, the editors of “Faith & Leadership” – the online magazine of Leadership Education at Duke University, asked five theologians to reflect on the question: why is Bonhoeffer relevant today? In light of ongoing political and civil discord in the United States and around the globe, these reflections – by Stephen R. Haynes, Reggie [...]

The Project for Lived Theology

Check out the abundant video and audio resources related to Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the PLT website. “The Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia is a research initiative, whose mission is to study the social consequences of theological ideas for the sake of a more just and compassionate world.” The Project for Lived [...]

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