The Nazi Persecution of the Churches
Publisher: Regent College Publishing
Published: February 1, 1997
Place of publication: Vancouver, BC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9781573830805
Subjects: Christian institutions & organizations; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History of religion; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Germany; Christianity - History - General; Europe - Germany; History & Theory - General; Churches and Hitler
Notes: "First published 1968 by The Ryerson Press, Toronto. Reprinted 2001 by Regent College Publishing." - T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The seizure of power; title: The rise and fall of the "German Christians" and the growth of the churches' disillusionment; title: Politics do not belong in the church; title: The church must be separate from the state; title: The establishment of the Ministry of Church Affairs; title: "Positive Christianity" or Nazi cult : the ideological conflict; title: The rival claimants for body and soul; title: Collaboration or intimidation?; title: The uneasy armistice; title: The hammer and the anvil; title: The final settlement; title: Conclusion; title: Appendixes.; title: Principles of the religious movement of "German Christians", issued in June 1932; title: A radio broadcast by General Superintendent O. Dibelius; title: The 10 principles of the religious movement of "German Christians"; title: Pressure upon individuals to withdraw from the church; title: The twenty-eight theses of the Saxon National Church for the internal strengthening of the German Evangelical Church; title: The Reich youth leader, Baldur von Schirach's appeal to the German Catholic youth; title: From the special issue of Das Schwarze Korps in honour of Hitler's fiftieth birthday, 20 April 1939; title: Himmler's published attitude towards religion; title: A Christmas sermon 1936 preached in Solingen; title: Two Nazi Party directives from 1939 on the future of religious education in schools; title: List of sects prohibited by the Gestapo up to December 1938; title: Treatment of a Lutheran pastor who protested against the persecution of the Jews in 1938; title: Pro-Nazi sentiments by a pastor from Schortens, Oldenburg; title: A directive signed by Heydrich ordering the immediate suppression of certain secret and religious societies; title: Borman's circular on the relationship of National Socialism and Christianity; title: Two of Borman's decrees relating to the treatment of foreign workers in Germany; title: Protest of the Austian bishops to the Minister of the Interior, 1 July 1941; title: A telegram from the Ecclesiastical Council of the German Evangelical Church to the Führer