Editing Dietrich Bonhoeffer (section)

=== Studies in America ===
In 1930, Bonhoeffer moved to America with the intent of attaining a Sloane Fellowship at New York City's [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]].<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer">{{cite book | last=Metaxas | first=Eric | title=Bonhoeffer | publisher=Thomas Nelson | publication-place=Nashville | date=2011-08-29 |url=https://archive.org/details/bonhoefferpastor00meta| isbn=978-1-59555-138-2}}</ref>{{rp|94}} Bonhoeffer was greatly unimpressed with American theology. He described the students as lacking interest in theology and would "laugh out loud" when learning a passage from [[Martin Luther]]'s "Sin and Forgiveness."<ref name="RoarkBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|16}} During his time there, he met Frank Fisher, a black seminarian who introduced him to the [[Abyssinian Baptist Church]] in [[Harlem]], where Bonhoeffer taught [[Sunday school]] and formed a lifelong love for the African-American church.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|108}} He heard [[Adam Clayton Powell Sr.]] preach the "Gospel of Social Justice" and became sensitive to the social injustices experienced by racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. as well as the ineptitude of churches to bring about integration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Timeline |work=Bonhoeffer |publisher=PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/bonhoeffer/timeline.html}}</ref> Through oppressed Negro churches, he was captivated by the sermons, and he formed the belief that God's commandments were carried out.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|111}} The originally nationalist Bonhoeffer<ref name="RoarkBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|16}} later changed his views after seeing [[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|''All Quiet on the Western Front'']],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miltimore |first1=Jon |title=The Film That Turned Dietrich Bonhoeffer Away From Nationalism—and Toward Pacifism |url=https://fee.org/articles/the-film-that-turned-dietrich-bonhoeffer-away-from-nationalism-and-toward-pacifism/ |website=Foundation for Economic Education}}</ref> which shows the horrors of war.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|112–113}} Later in life he favored the views of [[pacifism]] because of love for all and a high value on each individual life. Bonhoeffer became involved with the [[Ecumenism|ecumenical Christian]] movement, which eventually led him to resist [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazism|Nazis]].<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|113}}