Are we still of any use? Exploring the witness of Bonhoeffer & Alfred Delp

Project Bonhoeffer

Ben Bano, of Seeking Sanctury, explores how the insights of Bonhoeffer and Delp can inspire those striving to be activists in current times.

Bonhoeffer's Legacy for Today Seminar Series

This collection contains all three online seminars within the series: Bonhoeffer’s Legacy For Today

Speaker: Ben Bano Discussant: Rt Hon Sir John Battle KC*SC It's not easy to be an activist for justice and peace these days when our efforts to draw attention to injustices such as the Illegal Migration Bill seem to have little or no effect. In this session, Ben Bano, who has been advocating for the rights of migrants for 25 years, will reflect on the last writings of two remarkable men - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the Jesuit Alfred Delp who were incarcerated at the same time in Berlin's Tegel Prison in 1944 and 1945 before they were executed. Delp's last writings were smuggled out on scraps of paper after he wrote with his hands which were manacled. Both men were concerned with what they saw as a present and future world marked by indifference and denial of suffering. Ben will discuss, with Rt Hon Sir John Battle KC*SC, how their valuable insights can provide inspiration and counter a potential 'culture of despair' for those of us involved in the struggle for justice and peace in a hostile environment.

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