Reinventing Protestant Germany : religious nationalists and the contest for post-Nazi democracy
A revealing account of how German Protestant leaders embraced democratic ideals after WWII, while firmly and consequentially refusing to account for their earlier complicity with Nazism.Germany’s Protestant churches, longtime strongholds of nationalism and militarism, largely backed the Nazi dictato...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England : Harvard University Press,
[2025]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Harvard historical studies
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Harvard historical studies |
| Schlagworte: | HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy HISTORY / Europe / Germany RELIGION / Christianity / History RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State german protestantism post-war germany nazism religious nationalism democratic transition mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (400 p.) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- chapter oneA CHURCH IN CRISIS
- chapter twoFROM THE TOTAL STATE TO THE LIMITS OF OBEDIENCE
- chapter threePOST-N AZI JUSTICE AND PROTESTANT HUMAN RIGHTS
- chapter fourFAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND THE BA TTLE FOR THE BASIC LAW
- chapter fiveREARMAMENT AND THE MYTHSOFRESISTANCE
- chapter sixTHE EASTERN BORDER AND THE BOUNDS OF RECONCILIATION
- chapter sevenEMERGENCIES OF DEMOCRACY
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX