JUSTICE FOR BISHOP GEORGE BELL, FRIEND OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER In October 2015 the Church of England announced that it had made a financial settlement with a claimant, known only as “Carol” to preserve anonymity, who alleged child sexual abuse against her in the late 1940s/early 1950s by George Bell, bishop of Chichester, who died in [...]
The Secular Church
Review of Paul O. Bischoff, The Secular Church, 2015; 120 pages The Secular Church is a study of the predicament of the contemporary Christian churches, guided by Bonhoeffer´s ecclesiological insights drawn from the implications of his Chalcedonian Christology. Two other main theological sources are evoked to buttress the author’s argument, Karl Barth and Martin Luther. [...]
Bonhoeffer the Assassin?
Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call the Peacemaking, by Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony G. Siegrist, and Daniel P. Umbel. Foreword By Stanley Hauerwas. A Book Review By Steve Hickey, University of Aberdeen An intentionally controversial book, as the subtitle suggests, Bonhoeffer the Assassin? by Nation, Siegrist and Umbel is an attempt to challenge what the authors [...]
The Rest of the Story: Bonhoeffer and Women
The Rest of the Story: Bonhoeffer and Women Diane Reynolds discusses her new book,The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Eugene, OR.: Wipf and Stock, 2016). Q. What is this book about? It’s a biography that focuses on the women in the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Q. Why did you write it? I went to find a [...]
Taking Hold of the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldliness of Christianity
Taking Hold of the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldiness of Christianity By Diane Reynolds At the end of Barry Harvey’s Taking Hold of the Real, Harvey contrasts the Confessing Church in Nazi Germany to Andre Trocme’s church at Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, which offered shelter to thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution. In doing so, [...]