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#DietrichBonhoffer , an inspiration for all of us today. I totally agree!👇🏼
We definitely need #Optimism .
And he knew what he was talking about in his circumstances in the resistance movement in the “Third Reich”-Germany (you don’t hear much about that in the UK interestingly).
We definitely need #Optimism .
And he knew what he was talking about in his circumstances in the resistance movement in the “Third Reich”-Germany (you don’t hear much about that in the UK interestingly).
The Black American Church vs. Eurocentric Christianity
A church birthed fourth out of the wildfires of slavery and #whitesupremacy becomes one of the oldest institutions opposed to racism in the world: #TheBlackChurch
#BlackChurchesMatter
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A church birthed fourth out of the wildfires of slavery and #whitesupremacy becomes one of the oldest institutions opposed to racism in the world: #TheBlackChurch
#BlackChurchesMatter
Coming...
"Satan, Were Gonna' Tear Your Kingdom Down"
"If it has come about that today The Black Christ; has to be led into the field against The White Christ; by a young black poet, than a deep cleft in the church of Jesus Christ is indicated."
-- #DietrichBonhoeffer
#Blackconservative
#BlackChristianity
-- #DietrichBonhoeffer
#Blackconservative
#BlackChristianity
THREAD: My career has been spent studying Christianity and the rise of Nazism, specifically, the massive moral failure of a religion in the face of political nihilism to recognize it and fight back. In early 30's Hitler promised Germany he would take care of the communists /1
and other "degenerates" who threatened Christian civilization. He made the religious appeal knowing Germans would instinctively protect a religion that legitimated and justified anti-Semitism and cultural power, even though he had no real commitment to Christianity. /2
Millions embraced this message, even though it was cloaked in code about who the "enemy" really was. After gaining political power by subverting the law and creating a crisis with the Reichstag fire, Hitler passed legislation to stop dissent and /3
