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False Religion, the Barmen Declaration, and the Church's Soul (Gregg Quiggle)
In this episode of Thinking Christian, I’m joined by Dr. Greg Quiggle for a deep dive into one of the most important yet often overlooked documents of the 20th century—the Barmen Declaration. Against the backdrop of Germany’s post-World War I collapse, the rise of Hitler, and the church’s alarming compromise with Nazi ideology, we explore how a handful of theologians like Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer fought to preserve the true identity of the church.
Together, we unpack how civil religion, political loyalty, and theological drift threatened the witness of German…
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