I came across an article on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who lived in dangerous times and is currently the subject of a movie that skews him as a heroic martyr espousing violence. Victoria Barnett is a leading Bonhoeffer scholar who offers a more realistic portrayal. Bonhoeffer didn’t choose to be a martyr. He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil. www.christiancentury.org/features/there-s-no-such-thing-bonhoeffer-moment
By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence. Here’s a review of the movie itself:
www.christiancentury.org/features/new-bonhoeffer-movie-isn-t-just-bad-it-s-dangerous
What I get from these two articles seems to be a double twist on principalities and powers…and “how to be decent in the face of evil:” one, Bonhoeffer’s wrestling with ‘powers that be’ of his day, and, two, some of the powers that be of our day using an inaccurate portrayal of him to champion their own agenda.
Here is the official trailer for the movie: