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 [...]
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)
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Community and Witness,
Ethics,
Featured,
International Bonhoeffer Society,
Political Life and Theology,
Readings and Receptions
Arnd Henze, Christophe Chalamet, Florian Höhne, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Joachim Herrmann, Jörg Skriebeleit, Lori Brandt Hale, Nadia Marais, Nadine Hamilton, Pascal Bataringaya, Peter Steinbach, Thomas Guba, Udo Hahn 
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, [...]
REGISTRATION OPEN: March 7-8, 2025. “Hope in a Divided World: A Faithful Response to Christian Nationalism.” United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, PA. IN-PERSON AND ONLINE.
United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg, PA An Invitation from Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA: Join us for a weekend with Dr. Lori Brandt Hale, president of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section and Amanda Tyler of Christians Against Christian Nationalism. Discover how people of faith can authentically and humbly act at the intersection of civic life [...]
Bonhoeffer Documentaries and Films
By Journey Films Documentary: Bonhoeffer (90 minutes) Doblmeier, Martin, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adele Schmidt, Richard Mancini, John Keltonic, Journey Films, First-Run Features (Firm), and South Carolina Educational Television Network, dirs. 2003. Bonhoeffer. First Run Features. Learn More and Watch Released in 1984 Documentary: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Memories and Perspectives (90 minutes) Drake, Gerald. 2006 (DVD). Dietrich Bonhoeffer: [...]
Now Available for Download! An Interactive Multi-Week Bonhoeffer Curriculum by Lori Brandt Hale for Congregations and Communities, Created in Partnership with Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania
Learn More and Download the Curriculum About the curriculum: The curriculum is designed to take 4-6 weeks to complete, includes lesson plans, slides, facilitator scripts, and handouts. Each week also contains an activity and/or discussion questions. The lessons build on one another and should be done in order. Lessons 1-4 offer a complete program. Lesson [...]