Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Lutherans Against Hitler full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Lutherans Against Hitler ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Lowell C. Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780758608772
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Lutherans Against Hitler written by Lowell C. Green and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New historical sources shed a different light upon the teachings and actions of Lutherans under Adolf Hitler.
Author : Robert P. Ericksen
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451417449
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Betrayal written by Robert P. Ericksen and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important and insightful essays provide a penetrating assessment of Christian responses in the Nazi era.
Author : Robert P. Ericksen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110701591X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Complicity in the Holocaust written by Robert P. Ericksen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of the darker aspects of Nazi Germany, churches and universities - generally respected institutions - grew to accept and support Nazi ideology. Complicity in the Holocaust describes how the state's intellectual and spiritual leaders enthusiastically partnered with Hitler's regime, becoming active participants in the persecution of Jews, effectively giving Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime. Ericksen also examines Germany's deeply flawed yet successful postwar policy of denazification in these institutions.
Author : Christopher J. Probst
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025300098X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Demonizing the Jews written by Christopher J. Probst and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 anti-semitism 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 anti-semitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews.
Author : Richard Weikart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621575519
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Hitler's Religion written by Richard Weikart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
Author : Peter F. Wiener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780910309219
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Martin Luther written by Peter F. Wiener and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerome Bernard Stark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (331 download)
Download or read book The German Lutheran Resistance in the Nazi Era written by Jerome Bernard Stark and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study reveals the German Lutheran Church struggle during the Nazi era as part of a conflict between two basically opposed interests: the Nazi state and the German Lutheran Church. In the struggle which followed Hitler's advent to power in 1933, the state appears to have followed an alternating pattern of attack and withdrawal while the Lutheran Church never abandoned, once well begun, its determined opposition. The Nazi state not only sought to control the internal government of the church, but wished of course, as with every other institution of German life, to make it an integral part of the state. To achieve this integration the office of Evangelical "Reichsbishop" was established in 1933 with a government candidate, Ludwig Mueller, as incumbent. Bishop Mueller's efforts to bring about state domination of church problems ended in failure. But in 1935 the state again made an effort to bring church affairs within tits control by appointing Dr. Hans Kerrl as "Reich Minister of Church Affairs", with full powers to settle matters of faith and confession. By 1937, however, Dr. Kerrl's extreme racial theories had so antagonized the Lutherans that he has to be dismissed. Nevertheless the state continued its program, begun in 1933, of attacking provincial church organizations, the financial structure of the church, individual congregations and even individual ministers. Nor did the state content itself with an attempt to control ecclesiastical organization. Its purposes were deeper and more insidious: it was determined to undermine the whole doctrinal foundation of German Lutheranism. To this end the state supported the "German Christian" group and the "German Faith Movement". Not only did both groups uphold completely un-Christian theories of race, but they also tended to reject the biblical foundation of Christianity. Some of the leaders of this movement insisted that a true Christian must be a Nazi and that Adolf Hitler was an authority in matters of religion. It was the "Confessional Church" within Lutheranism that represented the strongest opposition to the state. Despite occasional internal disunity and friction the "Confessionals" continued to strike out againt state oppression and domination, particularly in the synodical statements of doctrine and church policy, published at the meeting of the synod of Wuppertal-Barmen and in similar statements issued by the synods held at Augsburg, at Steglitz, and at Halle. While the years 1938-1939 brought a decline in concerted opposition to the state, the opposition of individual Christians and of individual congregations increased and hardened. Letters and other statements of this period bear abundant testimony to the devotion to Christian faith and duty of almost innumberable individual Lutherans. Despite continued attack from without and occasional weakness within, this study suggests the ultimate triumph of the "German Lutheran Church" in its desperate struggle with the Nazi state.
Author : Uwe Siemon-Netto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780758608550
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Fabricated Luther written by Uwe Siemon-Netto and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than six decades ago, thousands of Germans were put to death for their attempt to overthrow the National Socialist tyranny. Most of them were Christian; some Roman Catholic, and some Lutheran. The most famous among the latter group were Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. This study will show that both men acted in accordance with Martin Luther's teachings on how and when to resist secular authority, although many eminent scholars and scribes have promoted the cliche that Luther was somehow to blame for Hitler's rise to power.
Author : Eric W. Gritsch
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 080286676X
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Martin Luther's Anti-Semitism written by Eric W. Gritsch and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Eric W. Gritsch, a Lutheran and a distinguished Luther scholar, faces the glaring ugliness of Martin Luther's anti- Semitism head-on, describing Luther's journey from initial attempts to proselytize Jews to an appallingly racist position, which he apparently held until his death. Comprehensively laying out the textual evidence for Luther's virulent anti-Semitism, Gritsch traces the development of Luther's thinking in relation to his experiences, external influences, and theological convictions. Revealing greater impending danger with each step, Martin Luther's Anti-Semitism marches steadily onward until the full extent of Luther's racism becomes apparent. Gritsch's unflinching analysis also describes the impact of Luther's egregious words on subsequent generations and places Luther within Europe's long history of anti-Semitism. Throughout, however, Gritsch resists the temptation either to demonize or to exonerate Luther. Rather, readers will recognize Luther's mistakes as links in a chain that pulled him further and further away from an attitude of respect for Jews as the biblical people of God. Gritsch depicts Luther as a famous example of the intensive struggle with the enduring question of Christian-Jewish relations. It is a great historical tragedy that Luther, of all people, fell victim to anti-Semitism -- albeit against his better judgment.
Author : Susannah Heschel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691148058
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Aryan Jesus written by Susannah Heschel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In The Aryan Jesus, Susannah Heschel shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center. Based on years of archival research, The Aryan Jesus examines the membership and activities of this controversial theological organization. With headquarters in Eisenach, the Institute sponsored propaganda conferences throughout the Nazi Reich and published books defaming Judaism, including a dejudaized version of the New Testament and a catechism proclaiming Jesus as the savior of the Aryans. Institute members--professors of theology, bishops, and pastors--viewed their efforts as a vital support for Hitler's war against the Jews. Heschel looks in particular at Walter Grundmann, the Institute's director and a professor of the New Testament at the University of Jena. Grundmann and his colleagues formed a community of like-minded Nazi Christians who remained active and continued to support each other in Germany's postwar years. The Aryan Jesus raises vital questions about Christianity's recent past and the ambivalent place of Judaism in Christian thought.
Author : Matthew D. Hockenos
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253110312
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A Church Divided written by Matthew D. Hockenos and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book closely examines the turmoil in the German Protestant churches in the immediate postwar years as they attempted to come to terms with the recent past. Reeling from the impact of war, the churches addressed the consequences of cooperation with the regime and the treatment of Jews. In Germany, the Protestant Church consisted of 28 autonomous regional churches. During the Nazi years, these churches formed into various alliances. One group, the German Christian Church, openly aligned itself with the Nazis. The rest were cautiously opposed to the regime or tried to remain noncommittal. The internal debates, however, involved every group and centered on issues of belief that were important to all. Important theologians such as Karl Barth were instrumental in pressing these issues forward. While not an exhaustive study of Protestantism during the Nazi years, A Church Divided breaks new ground in the discussion of responsibility, guilt, and the Nazi past.
Author : Martin Luther
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732353213
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (532 download)
Download or read book On the Jews and Their Lies written by Martin Luther and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founder of modern-day Lutheranism, Martin Luther (1483-1546) confronted many opponents, most notably, the Jews. Their religion directly denied Jesus as Messiah, and their arrogance, lies, usury, and hatred of humanity meant that they posed a mortal threat to society. Hence, said Luther, the harshest of measures are warranted. A shocking book.
Author : Stein, Leo
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455605873
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Hitler Came for Niemoeller written by Stein, Leo and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To say that this is a good book is to say nothing. To advise one to read it for entertainment is sacrilege. To urge its reading for information, or even for inspiration, is to reveal a lack of insight. This book is a revelation of hell on earth, of the existence of a malignant wickedness and evil in this world. If any man can read it and not be stirred to his depths, it is because he has no depths." --Norman Vincent Peale, from the foreword First published in 1942, Leo Stein's account of the imprisonment of Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller recounts face-to-face discussions with Hitler. Martin Niemoeller was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1924. He was a hero during World War I, a German naval lieutenant and U-boat commander. He was also one of the earliest and most vocal critics of Nazism. As the Third Reich moved toward the obliteration of the Christian Church, Niemoeller, along with other pastors, formed the Pastor's Emergency League to protect the church and its ministers from imprisonment and destruction. Pastor Niemoeller's was one of the early, stentorian calls for overseas aid, with a major manifesto appearing in an issue of Time magazine just prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Niemoeller was protected until 1937, when he was found guilty of treason. He was sent for "re-education" and spent the remainder of World War II at Sachsenhausen, Mobait, and Dachau. He lived a life of distinction, serving as president of the World Council of Churches and actively speaking out against nuclear armament and military alliances until his death at age ninety-two in 1984. Leo Stein served as a doctor of jurisprudence and church law and was teaching at the University of Berlin when he was arrested and summarily imprisoned for crimes of treason, his book on the Russian Revolution held as the sole "evidence" against him. This book was written following his emigration to the United States.
Author : Matthew D Hockenos
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465097871
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Then They Came for Me written by Matthew D Hockenos and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist . . . " Few today recognize the name Martin Niemör, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemör's evolution from a Nazi supporter to a determined opponent of Hitler, revealing him to be a more complicated figure than previously understood. Born into a traditionalist Prussian family, Niemör welcomed Hitler's rise to power as an opportunity for national rebirth. Yet when the regime attempted to seize control of the Protestant Church, he helped lead the opposition and was soon arrested. After spending the war in concentration camps, Niemör emerged a controversial figure: to his supporters he was a modern Luther, while his critics, including President Harry Truman, saw him as an unrepentant nationalist. A nuanced portrait of courage in the face of evil, Then They Came for Me puts the question to us today: What would I have done?
Author : Jason A. Mahn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498234925
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Radical Lutherans/Lutheran Radicals written by Jason A. Mahn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a Lutheran be sociopolitically radical? Can a radical be theologically and faithfully Lutheran? This book answers yes. Written by teacher-scholars from five ELCA colleges, Radical Lutherans/Lutheran Radicals follows Martin Luther, Soren Kierkegaard, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothee Soelle, and others as they sink deep roots in the Lutheran Christian tradition while simultaneously resisting the status quo with their words, their deeds, and sometimes their very lives. Each chapter shows how the Lutheran theologian returns to the roots of Luther's life and writing and puts them toward radical social and political ends, including critiques of cultured Christianity; resistance to state or market; preferential options for the poor and suffering; deep commitments to peace, justice, and ecological sustainability; and direct nonviolent resistance. The book highlights theological themes popularized by Luther (justification by grace, two-kingdoms thinking, theology of the cross, and vocation) and then shows how these theological staples--when deeply and creatively retrieved--can inform political protest, intentional living, and other countercultural movements. The compelling claim throughout is that Luther's theology at its root has resources for radical political participation and social transformation, as exemplified by the writings and lives of these radical Lutherans/Lutheran radicals.
Author : Eric Metaxas
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418556343
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Bonhoeffer written by Eric Metaxas and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith? As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and author. In this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer's life--the theologian and the spy--and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. In Bonhoeffer, Metaxas presents the fullest account of Bonhoeffer's life, including his: heart-wrenching decision to leave the safe haven of America to return to Hitler's Germany involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and in "Operation 7," the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland lifelong dedication to sharing the tenets of his faith This edition, revised and with a new introduction from the author, shares the deeply moving story through previously unavailable documents, including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts to reveal never-before-seen dimensions of Bonhoeffer's life and work. Praise for Bonhoeffer: "Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon power--intelligent, moving, well researched, vividly written, and rich in implication for our own lives. Or to put it another way: Buy this book. Read it. Then buy another copy and give it to a person you love. It's that good." --Archbishop Charles Chaput, author, First Things "Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer's story with passion and theological sophistication." —Wall Street Journal "Metaxas presents Bonhoeffer as a clear-headed, deeply convicted Christian who submitted to no one and nothing except God and his Word." --Christianity Today "Metaxas has written a book that adds a new dimension to World War II, a new understanding of how evil can seize the soul of a nation and a man of faith can confront it." --Thomas Fleming, author, The New Dealers’ War
Author : Peter F. Wiener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578849543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)
Download or read book Martin Luther written by Peter F. Wiener and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
