New CC content on “Bonhoeffer moments” and films, theologian Barbara Holmes, bone chapels, and more.
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** Who was Bonhoeffer?
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I write to you from the exibitor hall at the 2024 meetings of AAR/SBL (the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature) in sunny San Diego. One of the highlights of trips like this is the chance to see some of our writers. Here is a picture of a few CC editors with scholar Mac Loftin (second from right).
A picture with Mac Loftin is timely because he is the author of one of our two new pieces on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, both of which are sort of going viral right now. Loftin’s piece is specifically about the new movie Bonhoeffer and the ways it dangerously misinterprets the German pastor ([link removed]) . The other essay is from renowned Bonhoeffer scholar Victoria Barnett, who explores the lessons we can glean from the real Bonhoeffer ([link removed]) (as opposed to the version of him we find in books and movies).
Scroll down for even more great new content. In our video of the week, Lanta Davis discusses the ways that bone chapels have affected her faith journey ([link removed]) . Plus a tribute to Barbara Holmes ([link removed]) , a poem about the biblical figure Hannah ([link removed]) , and more.
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** The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous. ([link removed])
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“In the movie’s political and moral universe, the only dilemma is whether the good guys can set aside their squeamishness and start killing the bad guys. For the real Bonhoeffer, this was exactly the fantasy of moral purity that led so many into complicity with fascism’s escalating spiral of violence.”
by Mac Loftin
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** There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment ([link removed])
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“That, I believe, is Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s real significance for us today: here was a man who over a period of 12 terrible years reflected with remarkable honesty and poignancy on the nature of the Christian faith and witness in evil times.”
by Victoria Barnett
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** VIDEO: Can bone chapels help us navigate our grief? ([link removed])
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Scholar Lanta Davis chats with Jon about her experience in Capuchin Crypt and navigating her mother’s death (here is her essay if you missed it ([link removed]) ).
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** In the Lectionary for December 1 (Advent 1C) ([link removed])
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If our faith cannot help us escape tribulations, then what should we do when we face them?
by Catherine Healy
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** Barbara Holmes taught us to see our cosmic ties ([link removed])
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“In the hours and days following her transition to the ancestral realm, social media flooded with stories from her colleagues, students, and friends. Everyone who knew her has a Barbara story.”
by Monica A. Coleman
** When Hannah Spoke with God ([link removed])
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“Years later, what Hannah remembered most
wasn’t that morning she took young Samuel
to the temple …”
poem by Margaret Mackinnon
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