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The Imperfect Bonhoeffer: A Model For Prophecy In The Public Square

A Talk Delivered To The National Unity Gathering, National Council Of Churches, Nashville, Tennessee, October 10, 2023, By The Reverend Dr. Rob Schenck In reading about Bonhoeffer's role in the struggle to maintain the integrity of the gospel in the context of his own Evangelishe Kirche, I came across a factoid that cracked the very foundation of my then-moral and religious certitude. ....

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Is Bonhoeffer Too Flawed To Bring Us Together?

This post is unusual, so a little introduction is in order: Below is the manuscript version of a talk I gave recently at the Parliament of World Religions Given Bonhoeffer's broad appeal, how he brings liberals and conservatives together, how he is admired by secularists and even atheists given his unquestioned commitment to a profoundly spiritual humanism, and the extreme circumstances surrounding his religious and cultural generosity, Dietrich Bonhoeffer remains an important model, even if an imperfect one (but who isn't?) and he remains a unique inspiration for reaching out to and embracing the Other in unwelcoming times even in supremely unwelcoming times and in quite costly ways.       ....

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