Lutherans against Hitler : the untold story / Lowell C. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Lowell C. (Lowell Clark)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Theologische Fakultät.

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hitler, Adolf.

Lutheran Church--Germany--History--20th century.

Lutheran Church.

Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.

Church and state.

Christianity and politics--Lutheran Church--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and politics--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church.

World War, 1939-1945.

Germany--Church history--1933-1945.

Germany.

War--Religious aspects.

Christianity and politics--Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Church--Germany--History--1933-1945.

Genre:

Church history

History

Physical Description:

394 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Louis : Concordia Pub. House : Academic Press, 2007.

Contents:

The background of the church struggle (Kirchenkampf)

The rise of Adolf Hitler

Lutherans address the challenge from the German-Christians : 1933

The founding of the German Evangelical Church (Deutsche evangelische Kirche)

Romanticism in politics, religion, and the ideology of Volk and race

Opposition to the Aryan Paragraph and oppression of Jewish people

The 1933 Bethel Confession

The 1934 Barmen Declaration

The debate concerning the orders of creation

Theocratic enthusiasm

The Ansbach memorandum

Endeavors to achieve Lutheran unity in Germany

The fate of the evangelical land churches during the Third Reich

The struggle of the intact Lutheran land churches against Hitler

The Erlangen Theological Faculty during the Third Reich

Epilogue : the continuation of the church struggle after 1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and indexes.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

ISBN:

9780758608772

0758608772

OCLC:

74649005