Project Bonhoeffer says: ‘Its time to listen to Bonhoeffer’s prophetic message’
As the humanitarian crisis following the Russian invasion of Ukraine worsens, and evidence mounts of the widespread abuse of human rights and multiple breaches of international law, a charity dedicated to promoting the contemporary relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) is calling for the churches to learn the lessons of the 1930s. Project Bonhoeffer supports all […]
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 […]
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 […]
Staying Awake in Gethsemane – Bonhoeffer today
In an essay entitled “Bonheffer’s Christological Take on Vocation” Lori Brandt Hale writes “In July 1944, one day after the conspiracy’s failed attempt on Hitler’s life( but unbeknown to Bonhoeffer) Dietrich wrote an important letter to his friend and confidant Eberhard Bethge : “Later on I discovered , and am still discovering to this day […]
Ulrich Lincoln – The Perception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Germany
The first address at the 2014 Project Bonhoeffer Conference was by Ulrich Lincoln, a Lutheran Pastor working in London. We reproduce here the introduction to his talk and make the full text available as a PDF download. My name is Ulrich Lincoln, I am currently pastor at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Forest Hill in […]
Ulrich Lincoln: “The relevance of Bonhoeffer in today’s Europe”
At the end of his fascinating presentation at our Bonhoeffer Day conference last year in Birmingham in which he described the on-going impact of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and ideas on the German churches and society since his execution in 1945, Pastor Ulrich Lincoln had this to say about some important ways in which Bonhoeffer’s thinking […]
