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Complicity in the Holocaust

Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany

By: Robert P. Ericksen

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Complicity in the Holocaust

Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany

By: Robert P. Ericksen

In one of the darker aspects of Nazi Germany, churches and universities - generally respected institutions - grew to accept and support Nazi ideology. Robert P. Ericksen explains how an advanced, highly educated, Christian nation could commit the crimes of the Holocaust. This book describes how Germany's intellectual and spiritual leaders enthusiastically partnered with Hitler's regime, thus becoming active participants in the persecution of Jews, and ultimately, in the Holocaust. Ericksen also examines Germany's deeply flawed yet successful postwar policy of denazification in these institutions. Complicity in the Holocaust argues that enthusiasm for Hitler within churches and universities effectively gave Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107379172

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9781107379176

The Romantic Reformation

Religious Politics in English Literature, 1789-1824

By: Robert M. Ryan

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The Romantic Reformation

Religious Politics in English Literature, 1789-1824

By: Robert M. Ryan

First book to examine the Romantic poets' engagement with the religious debates that dominated the period.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521570085

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9780521570084

Theologians Under Hitler

By: Robert P. Ericksen

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Theologians Under Hitler

By: Robert P. Ericksen

What led so many German Protestant theologians to welcome the Nazi regime and its policies of racism and anti-Semitism? In this provocative book, Robert P. Ericksen examines the work and attitudes of three distinguished, scholarly, and influential theologians who greeted the rise of Hitler with enthusiasm and support. In so doing, he shows how National Socialism could appeal to well-meaning and intelligent people in Germany and why the German university and church were so silent about the excesses and evil that confronted them. "This book is stimulating and thought-provoking....The issues it raises range well beyond the confines of the case-studies of the three theologians examined and have relevance outside the particular context of Hitler's Germany....That the book compels the reader to rethink some important questions about the susceptibility of intelligent human beings to as distasteful a phenomenon as fascism is an important achievement."--Ian Kershaw, History Today "Ericksen's study...throws light on the kinds of perversion to which Christian beliefs and attitudes are easily susceptible, and is therefore timely and useful." --Gordon D. Kaufman, Los Angeles Times "An understanding and carefully documented study."--Ernst C. Helmreich, American Historical Review "This dark book poses a number of social, economic and cultural questions that one has to answer before condemning Kittel, Althaus and Hirsch."--William Griffin, Publishers Weekly "A highly competent, well written book."--Tim Bradshaw, Churchman

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260

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Yale University Press

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0300038895

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9780300038897

The Dialectic of the Holy

Paul Tillich’s Idea of Judaism within the History of Religion

By: Robert E. Meditz

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The Dialectic of the Holy

Paul Tillich’s Idea of Judaism within the History of Religion

By: Robert E. Meditz

This is the first published book-length treatment on Paul Tillich and Judaism, which is a neglected aspect of Tillich’s thought. It has three compelling features. First, pivotal biographical details show the importance of Judaism for Tillich, and that he ardently opposed anti-Semitism before WWII and after the Holocaust. Second, Tillich’s theological method is examined in key primary sources to show how he maintains continuity between Judaism and Christianity. The primary source analysis includes his 1910 and 1912 dissertations on Schelling, the 1933 The Socialist Decision, the 1952 Berlin lectures on “the Jewish Question,” and his final public lecture on the importance of the history of religion for systematic theology. Particular attention is paid to his dialectical and theological history of religion. Third, Tillich’s positive theology of Judaism contrasts sharply with the many complex, negative ways in which Judaism is portrayed in Western thought. This contributes significantly to our understanding the evolving history of Christian anti-Judaism.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110432579

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9783110432572

Complicity in the Holocaust

Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany

By: Robert P. Ericksen

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Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany

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Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany

By: Robert Krieg

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Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany

By: Robert Krieg

Discusses a range of religious scholars, but focuses on five major theologians who were born during the Kulturkampf, came to maturity and international recognition during the Hitler era, and had an influence on Catholicism in the English-speaking world. While three were sympathetic to the Third Reich in varying degrees and the other two were publicly critical of the new regime, the book takes a look of each of their stances regarding the Third Reich's anti-Jewish propaganda.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0826415768

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9780826415769

Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe

By: Robert Chazan

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Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe

By: Robert Chazan

This book re-evaluates the prevailing notion that Jews in medieval Christian Europe lived under an appalling regime of ecclesiastical limitation, governmental exploitation and expropriation, and unceasing popular violence. Robert Chazan argues that, while Jewish life in medieval Western Christendom was indeed beset with grave difficulties, it was nevertheless an environment rich in opportunities; the Jews of medieval Europe overcame obstacles, grew in number, explored innovative economic options, and fashioned enduring new forms of Jewish living. His research also provides a reconsideration of the legacy of medieval Jewish life, which is often depicted as equally destructive and projected as the underpinning of the twentieth-century catastrophes of antisemitism and the Holocaust. Dr Chazan's research proves that, although Jewish life in the medieval West laid the foundation for much Jewish suffering in the post-medieval world, it also stimulated considerable Jewish ingenuity, which lies at the root of impressive Jewish successes in the modern West.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139493043

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Theologians Under Hitler

By: Robert P. Ericksen

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By: Robert P. Ericksen

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Book's by Robert P. Ericksen

Complicity in the Holocaust

Complicity in the Holocaust

The Romantic Reformation

The Romantic Reformation

Theologians Under Hitler

Theologians Under Hitler

The Dialectic of the Holy

The Dialectic of the Holy

Complicity in the Holocaust

Complicity in the Holocaust

Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany

Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany

Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe

Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe

Theologians Under Hitler

Theologians Under Hitler

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