"But most Christian leaders were silent or, worse, complicit in the 1930s and 40s. Far too many understood the Nazi regime to be bringing God back into public life."

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"Peace through strength is the gospel of every authoritarian regime. ...

American Christians often like to recall Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Karl Barth as fellow Christians who stood up to the violence of authoritarianism when Hilter was on the rise in Germany."

~ William J. Barber, II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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Advent Peace When There Is No Peace

Prophetic nonviolence disturbs the false peace of authoritarian regimes

^{William J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)}