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‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice

By Tim Snyder
People carry photos of late German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer as demonstrators rally on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Mar 13, 2025
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A few months before he was arrested, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote an essay on Christian responsibility under authoritarianism. Reading it today is both eerily relevant and illuminating.

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People carry photos of late German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer as demonstrators rally on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz