Genocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
TitleGenocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
Author
Call number291.1783315/0001
Object number04495b
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn Books
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp62-78
MaterialArticle
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book' In God's name: Genocide and religion in the 20th Century' pp62-78
Description
Ericksen demonstrates the powerful anti-modern predelictions of many Christians in Germany, and their tendency to associate the Jews with all the ills of modernity and the misfortunes of the German 'volk'. This led Kittel and a significant number of fellow Protestant theologians and clergy to lend their support to Hitler and his antisemitic policies
