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Demonizing the Jews
Christopher J. Probst
其他書名
Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany
出版
Indiana University Press
, 2012-06-08
主題
History / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust
Religion / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
Religion / Christianity / Protestant
ISBN
0253001021
9780253001023
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8UjaPZbJRUgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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“An insightful analysis of the ways in which Protestant reformer Martin Luther’s anti-Jewish writings were used by German Protestants during the Third Reich.” —
Contemporary Church History Quarterly
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 antisemitism 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 antisemitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews.
“A valuable contribution to our understanding of the churches under Nazism.” —
Lutheran Quarterly
“An insightful account of the convoluted echoes and reverberations of this deeply problematic aspect of Luther’s legacy within German Protestantism over the longue durée.” —
German Studies Review