Genocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
TitoloGenocide, religion, and Gerhard Kittel: Protestant theologians face the Third Reich
Autore
Call number291.1783315/0001
Numero oggetto04495b
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew York, New York, United States
EditoreBerghahn Books
Anno di pubblicazione
2010
Paginazionepp62-78
MaterialeArticle
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book' In God's name: Genocide and religion in the 20th Century' pp62-78
Descrizione
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