Listen "139. Dietrich Bonhoeffer"
Episode Synopsis
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
(30:36) - - Bonhoeffer begins to speak out
(40:20) - - Bonhoeffer joins a resistence
(46:55) - - The plot to kill Hitler
(50:51) - - Bonhoeffer's ethical theory: how he might have justified killing Hitler
(58:09) - - Imprisoned by the Nazis
(01:00:21) - - Bonhoeffer is executed
(01:04:59) - - What we get wrong about Bonhoeffer
(01:08:11) - - Jesus: the man for others
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