Christianity and resistance in the 20th century
Subtitle: from Kaj Munk and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Desmond Tutu
By: edited by Soren Dosenrode.
Contributors: Dosenrode-Lynge, Sören Zibrandt von.
Series: International studies in religion and society
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9789004171268
Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Revolutions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church history -- 20th century; Christianity and politics -- History -- 20th century; Church and social problems
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The frame of the book or : Mr. Munk and Mr. Petersen / Soren Dosenrode; title: Always turning the other cheek : an introduction to the question of 'Christianity and resistance' / Soren Dosenrode; title: Between conformity and nonconformity : the issue of non-violent resistance in early Christianity and its relevance today / Johannes Nissen; title: Franz Jagerstatter : better the hands in chains than the will / Erna Putz; title: Arne Munk, Kaj Munk, and resistance; title: Henning von Tresckow : a Christian motive for killing hitler? / Annette Mertens; title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer : a journey from pacifism to resistance / Ulrik B. Nissen; title: Paul Gerhard Braune : the legacy of his resistance to euthanasia / Ole J. Hartling; title: Lajos Ordass : a Christian and a consistent adversary of the totalitarian systems / Eniko Borocz; title: Oscar Arnulfo Romero : the defender of the poor / Paul Gerhard Schoenborn; title: Desmond Tutu : church resistance to apartheid and injustice in Africa / Peter Lodberg; title: Instead of a conclusion / Soren Dosenrode.