Understanding Bonhoeffer Today
In a world that continues to be fractured by the evils of systemic racism, in which popularist nationalism has grown in many parts of the world and where we are still trying to come to terms with the legacies of slavery and colonialism, it can be argued that contemporary Christian mission and ministry has much to learn from the activism and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The challenges that faced Bonhoeffer are not the same as those that are confronting us in our present epoch. And yet the challenge to ‘carry the cross’ and being a distinctive presence in the world representing Jesus Christ has not changed.