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139. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Undeceptions with John Dickson

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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
  • (32:13) - - Bonhoeffer begins to speak out
  • (41:57) - - Bonhoeffer joins a resistence
  • (48:32) - - The plot to kill Hitler
  • (53:52) - - Bonhoeffer's ethical theory: how he might have justified killing Hitler
  • (01:01:10) - - Imprisoned by the Nazis
  • (01:03:22) - - Bonhoeffer is executed
  • (01:08:00) - - What we get wrong about Bonhoeffer
  • (01:11:12) - - Jesus: the man for others
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