Is the US failing the Bonhoeffer Test? | The Jerusalem Post
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“Some of the earliest and most fateful steps that paved the way to the Holocaust took place not in German government offices but in German churches.”
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“In 1932, a group of German Christians drafted a platform of beliefs for a new form of 'positive Christianity' that aimed to create a centralized, unified national church aligned with the rising Nazi movement.”
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“German Christianity completely rejected the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, argued unreasonably that Jesus was an Aryan and not a Jew, and audaciously declared, 'We demand liberation from the Old Testament.'”
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“The abandonment of the Hebrew Bible and other religious manipulations helped lay the theological groundwork for Adolf Hitler’s political rise to power in 1933.”
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“Antisemitism became officially embedded throughout European Protestant churches and the Nazis enforced this interpretation with brutality and intimidation, recruiting church leaders into their orbit and silencing voices of dissent.”
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“Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in 1906 and displayed exceptional intellectual gifts from an early age.”
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“He studied theology at the University of Berlin, and at just 21, completed his doctoral dissertation before serving in pastoral ministry.”
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“In 1930, Bonhoeffer left to New York City to study at Union Theological Seminary where he connected to African American church life in Harlem and deepened his sensitivity to racial injustice in ways that would shape the rest of his life.”
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“Upon returning to a Germany increasingly intoxicated by nationalist fervor, Bonhoeffer became an outspoken critic of the growing German Christian movement.”
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“Then came Kristallnacht, the night that changed everything. As Nazi mobs destroyed hundreds of synagogues, Bonhoeffer read Psalm 74: 'They set Your sanctuary afire; to the ground they profaned the dwelling place of Your name.'”
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“From that moment, Bonhoeffer risked everything and began to help smuggle Jews to Switzerland in a clandestine rescue operation.”
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“He abandoned his personal pacifism and joined the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler before he was arrested, imprisoned, and ultimately murdered.”
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“Antisemitism is surging, and while most American Christians are not participating directly, they are watching it spread across their social media feeds and remaining silent.”
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“Eighty-one years ago this month, Bonhoeffer was led to the gallows at the Flossenbürg concentration camp and executed at the age of 39, less than a month before Germany’s defeat.”
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“Bonhoeffer led a religious revolt against the German Christian church, insisting that theological clarity and moral courage were inseparable.”
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