139. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Undeceptions with John Dickson · Nov 24, 2024 · 1h 14m

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…