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Autore |
Hockenos Matthew D. <1966-> |
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Titolo |
A church divided [[electronic resource] ] : German Protestants confront the Nazi past / / Matthew D. Hockenos |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Protestant churches - Germany - History - 20th century |
Guilt - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - 20th century |
National socialism and religion |
Church and state - Germany - History - 1933-1945 |
Germany Church history 1945- |
Germany Church history 1933-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The church struggle : ecclesiastical, political, and theological disunity in the Third Reich -- Representations of the Nazi past in early 1945 -- Guilt from another world : guilt, repentance, and forgiveness in the year zero -- The Stuttgart declaration of guilt : religious confession, Freedom charter, or another Versailles? -- The guilt of the others : Bishop Wurm's letter to English Christians -- On the political course of our people -- The church and antisemitism -- A ray of light in their darkness : the church and anti-Judaism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book closely examines the turmoil in the German Protestant churches in the immediate postwar years as they attempted to come to terms with the recent past. Reeling from the impact of war, the churches addressed the consequences of cooperation with the regime and the treatment of Jews. In Germany, the Protestant Church consisted of 28 autonomous regional churches. During the Nazi years, these churches formed into various alliances. One group, the German Christian Church, openly aligned itself with |
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