The Confessing Church

It’s very interesting to learn that the Confessing Church is still active, ninety years after its founding in Germany in opposition to Hitler. Here is a bit of background and its relationship to Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pivotal leader in the Confessing Church, a German resistance movement against the Nazi regime’s attempts to nazify the Evangelical Church and align it with state ideology. Along with Martin Niemöller and others, Bonhoeffer co-founded the Confessing Church in 1934, which issued the Barmen Confession, rejecting Nazi authority and upholding biblical truth. The group’s commitment to these principles led to repression, imprisonment, and the execution of leaders.

There is a link in the sidebar to some of its work today on documenting ICE arrests against immigrant men, women, and children.

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Dan Little is a professor emeritus of philosophy who writes on history, social justice, and the social sciences.
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1 Response to The Confessing Church

  1. gdkrenz's avatar gdkrenz says:

    Thanks, Dan, for sharing this important example of thoughtful activism. The website is very interesting, both for content and as a model.

    People might be interested in this short YouTube piece on Bonhoeffer’s “Theory of Stupidity.”

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