Title: The nazi Christ
Description: This book explores the literature and theology of leading German authors popular among the Nazis during the growth of National Socialism. The author helps us understand how Christ and the Christian faith was interpreted, and also distorted for the purposes of the Nazis. Some of the authors included for discussion are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Bergmann,  J.B. Schairer, and Siegfried Leffler.  A theologian and Presbyterian minister, Tanner lived from 1907-1970, and so he was historically  in a unique position to obtain these texts (some available only in Germany at the time) and write about them ca. 1940 as National Socialism was on the rise.
Subjects: Church and state, History, National socialism, Religion, theology
Places: Germany
People: Alfred Rosenberg, Dietrich Klagges, Erika Mann, Ernst Bergmann, Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855-1927), J.B. Schairer, Sigfried Leffler, Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677)
Time periods: 1933-1945, 1935-1942