The Rise of Bonhoeffer

The Person, Not the Principle: How Bonhoeffer’s Christology Became Treason — and What Eric Metaxas Did With It

This is an audio essay from ⁠Process This, my Substack⁠ — head over there if you want more essays like this one, and subscribe if you want them delivered to you. In this

Cheap Grace in a Red Hat, Stealing Bonhoeffer’s Fire: What Bonhoeffer Actually Meant—and Why It Condemns His Admirers

Friends, this week we're diving into something that's been eating at me for a while now—how the architects of Christian nationalism have had the audacity to claim Dietric

Bonhoeffer’s Warning, Unheeded: the Moral Collapse of White Evangelicalism

This is an audio essay from my SubStack, Process This. ⁠⁠⁠You can head over here to read or watch the entire essay⁠.⁠⁠ I grew up as a Baptist church planter's kid, and t

Bonhoeffer’s Witness Against Christian Nationalism

What is up, Theology Nerds! This one's a banger. At Theology Beer Camp 2025, I got to sit down with an EPIC braintrust of Bonhoeffer scholars—Jeff Pugh, Lori Brandt Hale,

Standing Firm: Bonhoeffer's Urgent Wisdom for Our Dangerous Times

🍺 Bonhoeffer for Dangerous Times | Theology Beer Camp 2025 Preview Are we living in the most dangerous times of our lives? Renowned Bonhoeffer scholar Jeffrey C. Pugh doe

A Christianity Without Boundaries: Bonhoeffer's Christ-Centered Revolution with Lori Brandt Hale

What's up Theology Nerds! Today on the podcast I'm joined by Lori Brandt Hale, Bonhoeffer scholar and president of the International Bonhoeffer Society, for a mind-expand

Standing With God in Gethsemane's Darkness: Bonhoeffer's Call to a Faith of Solidarity in Suffering

This is an audio version of an essay on my substack, Process This. In it, I unpack Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflection on Jesus' experience in the Garden of Geth

Robert Vosloo: When the Times Are Out of Joint & Bonhoeffer's Call to Agency

In this illuminating conversation, South African theologian Robert Bonhoeffer shares how Dietrich Bonhoeffer's work influenced the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa

Jennifer McBride: Christ, Community, Change and the Lasting Impact of Bonhoeffer

In this episode, Tripp & Jeff are joined by Dr. Jennifer McBride. We explore Bonhoeffer's role in McBride's academic and ministerial journey. As a past president of the I

Barry Harvey: The The Sacramental Worldliness of Bonhoeffer

In this episode, Tripp & Jeff are joined by theologian Dr. Barry Harvey to unpack the profound legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, examining his intellectual journey, theologi

Stephen Haynes: the Battle for Bonhoeffer

In this episode, Tripp & Jeff sit down with esteemed scholar Stephen Haynes, author of The Battle for Bonhoeffer, to explore the complex legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Th

Faith in Action: The Ethical Journey Through Bonhoeffer's Lens with Dianne Rayson

In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Pugh and Dr. Diana Rayson have an intimate conversation on the theology and ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Discover Dr. Rayson's journey from

Beyond Ethnocentrism: The Impact of Harlem on Bonhoeffer's Theology with Reggie Williams

In this conversation, Tripp & Jeff are joined by Dr. Reggie Williams to delve into the transformative journey of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Williams shares Bonhoeffer's origin

The Unfinished Hero

In this episode, we explore the profound theological struggle of Dietrich Bonhoeffer from prison. The discussion delves into Bonhoeffer’s critiques of traditional religio

Demythologizing Bonhoeffer

In this episode of The Rise of Bonhoeffer, we delve into Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life from the collapse of his seminary to his imprisonment, focusing on his involvement in

Community & the Cost of Discipleship: The Seminary that Defied Nazis

In this episode of 'The Rise of Bonhoeffer, ' we explore Dietrich Bonhoeffer's transition from London back to Germany, focusing on his time at the Finkenwalde seminary. T

Setting the Table in the Midst of Nazis

In the fifth episode of The Rise of Bonhoeffer, we begin in the pivotal year of 1933. As Hitler ascends to power, massive transformations occur in Germany, impacting both

The Roots of Antisemitism and Bonhoeffer’s Paradigm of Resistance

The journey through the turbulent years preceding World War II in Germany is a complex narrative that intertwines politics, religion, and individual courage. At the cente

Nazi Idolatry & the German Church Struggle

This episode of The Rise of Bonhoeffer explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer's experiences after returning to Germany. Transformed by his time in New York City, he visits the theo

Bonhoeffer in America: the Call Beyond Nationalism

In this episode of The Rise of Bonhoeffer, we journey with Dietrich to New York City for a year as a Postdoctoral post at Union Theological Seminary. This school year in