Genocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
TitelGenocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
Verfasser
Call number291.1783315/0001
Inventarnummer04495b
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagBerghahn Books
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Seitenpp62-78
MaterialArtikel
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book' In God's name: Genocide and religion in the 20th Century' pp62-78
Beschreibung
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