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Houses on the Sand?
James Irvin Lichti
其他書名
Pacifist Denominations in Nazi Germany
出版Peter Lang, 2008
主題History / GeneralHistory / Europe / GermanyHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryPolitical Science / PeaceReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Christian Theology / EcclesiologyReligion / Christianity / DenominationsReligion / Christian Church / HistorySocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN08204673169780820467313
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SYbwl3ML4jIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Under Hitler, Germany's state-linked provincial churches functioned as seedbeds of nationalism. A smaller and independent church form - the «free church» or denomination - offered greater promise of nonconformity. Linked by pacifist traditions, German Mennonites, Seventh-day Adventists, and Quakers promoted a range of liberal principles: empowerment of the individual conscience, respect for confessional diversity, and separation of church and state. Nonetheless, two of these denominations used these same principles to defend and even embrace the Nazi regime. This book examines what makes Christian communities - when meeting the harsh challenges of modernity - viable entities of faith or hollow forms.