The God of Unbelievers: Bonhoeffer and Religionless Christianity

In one of his letters, Bonhoeffer says that he finds it easier to talk about God with unbelievers than religious people. Religion, for Bonhoeffer, is an abstraction that distracts us from human life. In Jesus Christ, we discover God at the center of human life, not the periphery. In Jesus Christ God calls us to live as human beings, which means taking responsibility for our lives. This episode explores what he means, and wonders whether Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity provides an antidote to the shallow spirituality of our present age.