Not long ago, I stumbled upon an old clip of George W Bush hosting Vladimir Putin at his Texas ranch. Bush, in his usual casual swagger, spoke in awkward metaphors, grinned too often, and seemed ...

Bonhoeffer’s poetic questions might also illuminate traces of answers to life’s questions for us. They certainly gestured toward my own trembling questions on that first visit in 2016.

Perhaps beginning with Eric Metaxas’s 2010 biography, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, some American evangelical circles associated with the rising tide of Christian nationalism have ...

Bonhoeffer had resisted Adolf Hitler 's National Socialist dictatorship not with weapons, but with words, deeds, and unwavering faith. He went from being a preacher to a conspirator.

Jonas Dassler as Bonhoeffer. Kova Melodrama over history The film’s portrait of German society during the Third Reich is also grossly misleading. Cadre of uniformed Nazis aside, we encounter ...

“Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy,” by Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson; updated edition 2020) World War ll continues to consume a disproportionate amount of our literary attention.

Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Germany executed by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39 for his role in a resistance movement that included ...

What has been Bonhoeffer’s legacy? His theological and devotional works, as well as his prison letters, have been widely read and published since his death. Biographies and documentaries have further ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Germany executed by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39 for his role in a resistance movement.

FILE - A metal plaque with a portrait of German priest Dietrich Bonhoeffer is on display at the St. Matthaeus Church in Berlin, Feb. 4, 2006. The plaque by artist Johannes Gruetzke reminds the ...

Back in Germany, Bonhoeffer opposed Nazi efforts to coopt the Protestant church with its racist ideology. In defiance of the compromised church, Bonhoeffer led an unofficial seminary for a while.