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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820623003321

Autore

Oliner Pearl M

Titolo

Saving the forsaken : religious culture and the rescue of Jews in Nazi Europe / / Pearl M. Oliner ; with statistical analysis by Jeanne Wielgus and Mary B. Gruber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale, c2004

ISBN

1-281-73060-2

9786611730604

0-300-13040-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/1835/0922

Soggetti

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust - Attitudes

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust - Psychology

World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue

Altruism

Motivation (Psychology)

Religion and culture

Personality and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257)  and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Religion and Culture -- 2. The Very Religious -- 3. The Irreligious -- 4. The Moderately Religious: The Mildly and Somewhat Religious -- 5. Protestants -- 6. Catholics -- 7. Patterns and Predictors -- 8. Culture and Outgroup Altruism -- Appendix A. Methodology -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruistic toward outsiders than those who are less religious? In this book Pearl M. Oliner examines data on Christian rescuers and nonrescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to shed light on these important questions. Drawing on interviews with more than five hundred Christians-Protestant and Catholic, very religious, irreligious, and moderately religious rescuers



and nonrescuers living in Nazi-occupied Europe, Oliner offers a sociological perspective on the values and attitudes that distinguished each group. She presents several case studies of rescuers and nonrescuers within each group and then interprets the individual's behavior as it relates to his or her group. She finds that the value patterns of the religious groups differ significantly from one another, and she is able to highlight those factors that appear to have contributed most toward rescue within each group.