deitrich bonhoeffer: timeline
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- 1918- oldest brother died due to war, responsible for persuading Deitrich to study theology
- age 13- Dietrich had a vision of how the church should be transformed
- 1930- completed his doctoral thesis and became a lecturer, also working on his idea of a radical form of Christianity
- argued that rather than allow the state to make important descisions, the church should be more active in challenging it to achieve justice
- bonhoeffer thought the idea 'to disobey the state therefore would be to disobey God' gave too much power and authority to the state
- also undermined the true purpose of christianity
- 1930- studied some of the USAs most influential theologians, their teaching on christian social responsibilty under-estimated the goodness of human nature
- introduced to black churches, he realised christianity needed to buld relationships between its different churches
- even before hitler came to power, bonhoeffer's theology had set out a radical challenge to church and state
- secular pacifism: to mean a false non- religious belief society can achieve a state of non- violence
- even before hitler came to power, bonhoeffer's theology had set out a radical challenge to church and state
- introduced to black churches, he realised christianity needed to buld relationships between its different churches
- bonhoeffer thought the idea 'to disobey the state therefore would be to disobey God' gave too much power and authority to the state
- argued that rather than allow the state to make important descisions, the church should be more active in challenging it to achieve justice
- 1930- completed his doctoral thesis and became a lecturer, also working on his idea of a radical form of Christianity
- born on 4 Febuary 1906, in Breslau Germany
- age 13- Dietrich had a vision of how the church should be transformed
- 1930- completed his doctoral thesis and became a lecturer, also working on his idea of a radical form of Christianity
- argued that rather than allow the state to make important descisions, the church should be more active in challenging it to achieve justice
- bonhoeffer thought the idea 'to disobey the state therefore would be to disobey God' gave too much power and authority to the state
- also undermined the true purpose of christianity
- 1930- studied some of the USAs most influential theologians, their teaching on christian social responsibilty under-estimated the goodness of human nature
- introduced to black churches, he realised christianity needed to buld relationships between its different churches
- even before hitler came to power, bonhoeffer's theology had set out a radical challenge to church and state
- secular pacifism: to mean a false non- religious belief society can achieve a state of non- violence
- even before hitler came to power, bonhoeffer's theology had set out a radical challenge to church and state
- introduced to black churches, he realised christianity needed to buld relationships between its different churches
- bonhoeffer thought the idea 'to disobey the state therefore would be to disobey God' gave too much power and authority to the state
- argued that rather than allow the state to make important descisions, the church should be more active in challenging it to achieve justice
- RESISTANCE TO RACISM
- 1993- Bonhoeffer delivered a broadcast critising the leadership principle (which Hitler represented) & the effects it was having on the church
- called secular pascifism a scandal because it fails to acknowledge that true justice and peace are aspects of this world
- 1943- arrested and imprisoned
- secular pacifism is not sufficident to tackle evil and perpetuates lies and injustice
- called secular pascifism a scandal because it fails to acknowledge that true justice and peace are aspects of this world
- ARREST AND EXCUTION
- 1944- failed resistance attempt to kill hitler
- 1943- arrested and imprisoned
- 1945- hitler ordered that all resisters should be annihiliated
- bonhoeffer was hanged
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