When Jesus was an Aryan: the Protestant Church and antisemitic propaganda
TitleWhen Jesus was an Aryan: the Protestant Church and antisemitic propaganda
Author
Call number291.1783315/0001
Object number04495c
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn Books
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp79-105
MaterialArticle
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book' In God's name: Genocide and religion in the 20th Century' pp79-105
Description
This chapter analyzes the hitherto little known Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. Established in 1939 by several important German theologians, this institute greatly contributed to the effort to disseminate the idea of a so-called Aryan Christianity by 'proving' that Jesus was racially an Aryan who strove to destroy the Jews. Such German Christians defined themselves both as a chosen people and a victimized people