From Sin to Saint
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?
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2022
Part 4: Dietrich's Final Hours & Complicated Legacy
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 decade…
Part 3: The Struggle Against Hitler
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…
Part 2: From Barcelona to New York City
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 i…
Part 1: Bonhoeffer's Early Years
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 e…
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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 dr…