Christian Response to Fascism: In Conversation with Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and key founding member of the Confessing Church, a movement within Protestant churches that countered fascism during the Nazi regime. He was imprisoned in a concentration camp and later hanged, accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler. This three-part Zoom series will explore several of Bonhoeffer’s writings during his resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, and questions they raise for our current times. Please register once for the entire series, offered via Zoom 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Cost of Discipleship: Lectures from the Underground Seminary

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Life Together: Remembering, After the Shutdown, What the Seminary Did

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Night Voices: Why Christianity Failed the Nazi Test

3 sessions on September 8th, 15th, and 22nd
Cost: $90 (Includes all 3 sessions)
This program will be held on Zoom.

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Dr. Reggie Williams is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at St. Louis University. His research interests include Black Theology, African American Studies, The Harlem Renaissance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Christian Ethics. He is the author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance and The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Christian Engagement with Fascism.