A church divided : German Protestants confront the Nazi past / Matthew D. Hockenos.

Author
Hockenos, Matthew D., 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Description
xii, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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    "Matthew D. Hockenos tracks the divergent and discordant paths taken by prominent pastors, church leaders, and theologians as they sought to explain the church's role in Nazism. In addition to Karl Barth, the churchmen discussed at length include Hans Asmussen, Otto Dibelius, Hermann Diem, Hans Iwand, Hans Meiser, Martin Niemoller, Helmut Thielicke, and Theophil Wurm. The various and contradictory ways these men interpreted their actions and inaction during the Third Reich reflected long-standing divisions within Protestantism over the relationship between Jews and Christians, church and state, and Lutherans and Reformed Protestants."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The church struggle : ecclesiastical, political, and theological disunity in the Third Reich
    • Representations of the Nazi past in early 1945
    • Guilt from another world : guilt, repentance, and forgiveness in the year zero
    • The Stuttgart declaration of guilt : religious confession, Freedom charter, or another Versailles?
    • The guilt of the others : Bishop Wurm's letter to English Christians
    • On the political course of our people
    • The church and antisemitism
    • A ray of light in their darkness : the church and anti-Judaism.
    ISBN
    • 0253344484 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780253344489 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2004003740
    OCLC
    54479437
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