A new movie has been released this week about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who was killed by the Nazis for his involvement in a plot to kill Hitler.
Bonhoeffer's fame has ballooned into a kind of mythology that has seen people of all stripes "claim" him as their own. But our guest for this episode says that if we only think of him as a “hero” for our cause, we may miss important pieces of Bonhoeffer’s complex life and thinking.
So, who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer and why does he still matter?
- (04:47) - - Bonhoeffer's Germany
- (13:13) - - The Nazi Church
- (22:59) - - Bonhoeffer's career begins
- (32:22) - - Bonhoeffer begins to speak out
- (42:06) - - Bonhoeffer joins a resistence
- (48:41) - - The plot to kill Hitler
- (53:53) - - Bonhoeffer's ethical theory: how he might have justified killing Hitler
- (01:01:11) - - Imprisoned by the Nazis
- (01:03:23) - - Bonhoeffer is executed
- (01:08:01) - - What we get wrong about Bonhoeffer
- (01:11:13) - - Jesus: the man for others
