The Pastor Who Called Mary's Song Dangerous

In December 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood before his congregation in London and said something that unsettled the room. He called Mary's Magnificat "the most passionate, the wildest, one might even say the most revolutionary hymn ever sung." Back in Germany, the Nazi regime was tightening its grip on the churches, demanding loyalty to the state above all else. Bonhoeffer knew exactly what he was doing.…