Tim Snyder is a Lutheran theologian and social researcher. He is the author of Lived Vocation: Stories of Faith and Work. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and twin daughters.
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‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice
03-13-2025
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
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.