Dietrich Bonhoeffer is lionized by evangelicals as the heroic martyr who stood against Hitler and died for it. Yet his theology, rooted in liberal Protestant skepticism and rejecting Scripture’s fixed authority, helped create the very doctrinal collapse that enabled Nazism’s rise and the Holocaust. Far from a true confessional hero, Bonhoeffer embodies …
Hagiographies and Unearned Halos: Why Bonhoeffer Was Made Into A Martyr
Once you know the truth, you'll never look at the patron saint of the Post War Consensus the same way again.
Jan 09, 2026
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