January 11th, 2021 Executive Board Statement by the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section In light of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and Congress of the United States of America, fueled and facilitated by white supremacy, invigorated by false narratives about what was a free and fair election, and incited by President [...]
Statement Issued by the Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society (January 15th, 2020)
January 15th, 2020 The Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section Issues Statement of Concern The International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section (IBS-ELS) is dedicated to advancing the theology and legacy of German pastor-theologian and Nazi resistor Dietrich Bonhoeffer through critical scholarship, engaged pedagogy, and constructive readings of Bonhoeffer’s [...]
Bonhoeffer on Resistance: The Word Against the Wheel
Review of Michael P. DeJonge, Bonhoeffer on Resistance: The Word Against the Wheel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. $25.00. 192 pp. While the temptation to hagiography has long been acknowledged in Bonhoeffer scholarship, the concomitant problem of historicism has been given less attention. The moving story of Bonhoeffer’s life leads interpreters to focus on the [...]
Truth, Trust, and Institutions: Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer
https://youtu.be/wJhvQn17Vn0 Rachel Muers (University of Leeds) recently gave a keynote lecture at the University of Aberdeen for a postgraduate conference titled “Bonhoeffer’s Contemporary Voice.” The conference considered how Bonhoeffer’s theology can inform contemporary issues in dogmatics and ethics. Dr. Muers’ lecture, titled “Truth, Trust, and Institutions: Thinking with and beyond Bonhoeffer,” explored Bonhoeffer’s essay fragment [...]
City of a Suffering God by Josh Valley
Facing the astonishing violence that has rocked Canada’s largest city this year, chaplain Josh Valley turns to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s evocation of the God who not only loves us but suffers with us. City of a Suffering God As a chaplain who works in both the prison and hospital settings, I provide spiritual care for people [...]