Format:
XVII, 339 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780691125312
,
0691125317
Content:
"Was Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In The Aryan Jesus, Susannah Heschel shows that during fhe Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center." "Based on years of archival research, The Aryan Jesus examines the membership and activities of this controversial theological organization. With headquarters in Eisenach, the Institute sponsored propaganda conferences throughout the Nazi Reich and published books defaming Judaism, including a dejudaized version of the New Testament and a catechism proclaiming Jesus as the savior of the Aryans. Institute members - professors of theology, bishops, and pastors - viewed their efforts as a vital support for Hitler's war against the Jews."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
Keywords:
Institut zur Erforschung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das Deutsche Kirchliche Leben
;
Geschichte
;
Deutsche Christen
;
Antijudaismus
;
Evangelische Theologie
;
Deutschland
;
Evangelische Kirche
;
Antijudaismus
;
Geschichte 1936-1945
;
Bibel Neues Testament
;
Bibelkritik
;
Antijudaismus
;
Evangelische Theologie
;
Geschichte 1938-1945
;
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Theologische Fakultät
;
Nationalsozialismus
;
Geschichte 1938-1945
;
Deutsche Christen
;
Nationalsozialismus
;
Rassismus
;
Theologie
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25673
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25721
Author information:
Heschel, Susannah 1952-
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