Readings and Receptions

“Hope in a Divided World: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s This-Worldly Christianity as an Antidote to Christian Nationalism” – A two-day event at United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, PA, October 18th and 19th, 2024. In-person and online.

United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg, PA Learn More & Register Friday, October 18th: Author’s Reception and Dinner A happy-hour reception at the Seminary Ridge Museum and dinner at United Lutheran Seminary will be a chance to meet with Dr. Brandt Hale, author of the Bonhoeffer Curriculum, see the museum, and hear a brief talk on the [...]

Sign Up Today! ONLINE Bonhoeffer Class – “The Rise of Bonhoeffer: Faith, Resistance, and Theology in Action,” hosted by Homebrewed Christianity’s Tripp Fuller and Jeffrey Pugh (Begins September 3rd, 2024)

The Rise of Bonhoeffer: Faith, Resistance, and Theology in Action This asynchronous online class is a deep dive into Bonhoeffer’s life and theology, hosted by Dr. Tripp Fuller and Dr. Jeffrey Pugh. It will include an 8-Part audio docuseries, interviews with Bonhoeffer scholars, livestreams, resources, opportunities for online community and connections, and Q&A sessions with [...]

Video Now Available: “Bonhoeffer & Democracy” with Stephen Haynes at Meetinghouse Church in Edina, MN on July 10th, 2024 (In-Person and Online)

In The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating Discipleship in the Age of Trump (Eerdmans 2018), Stephen Haynes explored how Bonhoeffer’s legacy was being co-opted by popularizers who had little understanding of Bonhoeffer’s theology or historical context. In this presentation, Haynes will update “the battle for Bonhoeffer” with attention to recent books and films that argue America [...]

REFLECTIONS on the XIV International Bonhoeffer Congress in Sydney, Australia, January 2024 – Updated

Crisis and Hope: Reading Bonhoeffer for Today In January of 2024, nearly 150 participants from around the world gathered in Sydney, Australia to engage the life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The sessions were focused, in one way or another, on how Bonhoeffer can help us understand and negotiate the many challenges we are facing [...]

Texts to Introduce Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Texts and Resources for Introducing Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Students and Others ANTHOLOGIES Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Bonhoeffer Reader. Clifford J. Green and Michael DeJonge, eds. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Geffrey B. Kelly and E. Burton Nelson, eds. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1990. [...]

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