Dietrich Bonhoeffer Day 2020.
The Board of Project Bonhoeffer are pleased to announce that the annual Dietrich Bonhoeffer day conference will still go ahead on 24th October 2020, despite COVID-19 restrictions. The title for this year’s conference will be: Responding to the Global Climate Crisis: Theological Perspectives. The day will be held over Zoom, and will be focused on […]
Project Bonhoeffer Conference Schedule
This is the outline of the schedule that we are admittedly belatedly bringing out. The outline for the conference day is as follows; 9:45- Arrival Time This is when we will be asking people to arrive for. Upon arrival, you shall be given a conference pack and a badge. Our Administrative Support will take care […]
Project Bonhoeffer Conference 2019
Press Release- Upcoming Conference on October the 26th Project Bonhoeffer is proud to announce to its followers, friends and partners that this years Conference, scheduled at the St Georges Conference Centre, Leeds, on October the 26th will be centred around “Faith in Our Democracy Today”. “Centring the conference around topical issues has been a tradition […]
A Faith that Looks Forward
In his Cost of Discipleship Bonhoeffer has much to say about what those who follow Jesus are called to be and to do. His exposition of the Sermon on the Mount and what discipleship means has much to tell us about how we must live our lives today, recognising the worth of every human being […]
Bonhoeffer as Poet
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writing takes many forms – from theological statements to personal letters – prose and poetry, much of which was written towards the end of his life from a prison-cell. His poems provide a valuable and dynamic insight for all of us into Bonhoeffer the man – his ideas, his faith and his discipleship. […]
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT JESUS TOO WAS A REFUGEE
This is a synopsis of the keynote address given by Professor Esther Reed [University of Exeter] at our “Faith and Frontiers” Conference on 05 November 2016. It is important to recall, as Bonhoeffer undoubtedly did, that Jesus and his family crossed borders to seek refuge in Egypt from Herod’s massacre of the innocents. Since the […]
Faith and Frontiers – Our 2016 Conference
This is the Press release for our upcoming conference:- FAITH AND FRONTIERS is the very topical title of this year’s meeting of friends and supporters of Project Bonhoeffer, at Coventry Cathedral’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation on Saturday 5th November. “ Our conference is being held at a time when, as in Bonhoeffer’s day, it […]
“Becoming Simple and Wise; Moral Discernment in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Vision of Christian Ethics” by Joshua A Kaiser – a review
The best way to read “becoming Simple and Wise”, a scholarly book of subtly developed distinctions based on a doctoral thesis, is to take it personally. Kaiser proposes that in his life and works Dietrich Bonhoeffer is trying to understand how can I as a Christian understand God’s will for me. It can’t be as […]
Bombing, Terrorism and Solidarity
On the 13th November, 130 people were murdered in Paris by terrorists linking themselves to the organisation Daesh (IS). As a direct response to those attacks, the UK government recently voted to extend airstrikes into Syria. Is the UK government’s response going to lessen the threat of terrorism? Many experts say no. In fact, it […]
Chairman’s Report for the year ending 31 October 2014
During the year under review, the second since Project Bonhoeffer was formally incorporated, the Board of Trustees met as planned three times in different cities in the country ( to reflect our nation wide reach) to conduct routine project management business in accordance with the Trust’s aims and objectives. Our agendas focussed on governance and […]
