A Church Divided
Subtitle: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780253344489
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Religion; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - Protestant; Europe - Germany; General; 1945-; 20th century; Christianity; Church history; Germany; Guilt; History; History of doctrines; National socialism and religion; Protestant churches; Religious aspects
First sentence: In the period 1933-45 Protestant responses to National Socialism in Germany ranged from enthusiastic endorsement to active opposition.
Description: "Matthew D. Hockenos tracks the divergent and discordant paths taken by prominent pastors, church leaders, and theologians as they sought to explain the church's role in Nazism. In addition to Karl Barth, the churchmen discussed at length include Hans Asmussen, Otto Dibelius, Hermann Diem, Hans Iwand, Hans Meiser, Martin Niemoller, Helmut Thielicke, and Theophil Wurm. The various and contradictory ways these men interpreted their actions and inaction during the Third Reich reflected long-standing divisions within Protestantism over the relationship between Jews and Christians, church and state, and Lutherans and Reformed Protestants."--BOOK JACKET.