Lies, Love & Hitler

Elizabeth Avery Scott discusses Dietrich Bonhoeffer and contemporary ethics

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Elizabeth Avery Scott discusses Dietrich Bonhoeffer and contemporary ethics

In 1945 Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis. He is the subject of a play called Lies, Love and Hitler that explores themes of risk versus reward, tyranny and pacifism, institutionalism and the nuances of contemporary sexual mores. The playwright Elizabeth Avery Scott joined Simon Smart to discuss Bonhoeffer and contemporary ethics.