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From Sin to Saint

by Josh Lash, Patheos
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  • Part 4: Dietrich's Final Hours & Complicated Legacy

    May 16, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min

    In this episode, we examine what we do know of Bonhoeffer's role in Nazi resistance, his time in prison, his final hours, and, lastly, the various interpretations of Bonhoeffer's legacy in the decades following his death. Our ultimate goal…

  • Part 3: The Struggle Against Hitler

    May 16, 2022 · 1 hr 9 min

    In this episode, we look at how the transformation of Bonhoeffer from an immature young man with ties to German nationalism to a mature theologian with an anti-racist, anti-facist ideology shaped his resistance to Nazism in Germany in the…

  • Part 2: From Barcelona to New York City

    May 16, 2022 · 1 hr 7 min

    In this episode we will look at the most transformative period of Bonhoeffer’s life, a four year stretch between 1927 and 1931 that encompassed his first pastorate in Barcelona, his revelatory year in the United States, and finally his…

  • Part 1: Bonhoeffer's Early Years

    May 16, 2022 · 45 min

    In order to grasp the full weight of Bonhoeffer’s legacy, we need to understand the person behind the legend. In this first episode, we introduce the series and look deeply at Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early years, from his childhood and first…

  • From Sin to Saint Trailer

    May 6, 2022 · 2 min

    This is From Sin to Saint, a podcast from Patheos. In each season, we will look at the true stories of redemption of saintly figures from all faiths. Our goal is to to understand the passions that drove them and the challenges they…

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About the show

In each season, we will look at the true stories of redemption of saintly figures from all faiths. Our goal is to to understand the passions that drove them and the challenges they overcame on the journey. Over the next four episodes, we will sit down with experts to examine the life and legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a saintly figure whose story has never been more relevant. Bonhoeffer was arrested and executed by hanging at the Flossenburg Concentration Camp for his involvement in a failed attempt to kill Hitler and an operation to save jews from Germany. In order to grasp the full weight of Bonhoeffer’s legacy, we need to understand the person behind the legend. Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? And what experiences in his life led him from a comfortable patriotic German childhood to a resistor of Nazi rule?