Lessons from Bonhoeffer
April 27 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader
Philadelphia Ethical Society
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, resisted Nazism and paid for it with his life. After 18 months in prison for participation in the German resistance, Bonhoeffer was hanged on April 9, 1945. Although they differed theologically, Ethical Culture founder Felix Adler and Bonhoffer shared some characteristics. Both were born in Germany. Both spurned materialism, craved unity, embraced reason, and accepted suffering. And both felt a duty to act to save others. Hugh Taft-Morales explores how Bonhoeffer’s example can support our justice work today.