Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany - Couverture souple

Probst, Christopher J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253001005 ISBN 13 : 9780253001009

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and Judaism to reinforce the racial antisemitism and religious anti-Judaism already present among Protestants. Focusing on key figures, Probst's study makes clear that a significant number of pastors, bishops, and theologians of varying theological and political persuasions employed Luther's texts with considerable effectiveness in campaigning for the creation of a "de-Judaized" form of Christianity. Probst shows that even the church most critical of Luther's anti-Jewish writings reaffirmed the antisemitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher J. Probst is a visiting assistant professor of modern European history at Saint Louis University. He was a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253001005
• ISBN 13: 9780253001009
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
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