Nazi Religion and the Rise of the French Christian Resistance

AvKathleen Burton

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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If asked to define “Nazism,” most people think of fascism, racism, antisemitism, and the use of propaganda. Few people know that Nazism also included a strong religious component. Yet it did. The Nazi religion was termed Positive Christianity, and it is directly cited in Hitler’s Nazi Party Platform of 1920. But what was Positive Christianity? In this book, Kathleen Burton details when and where this religion was embraced; how it was received and critiqued by the prominent theologians of the 1930s; and how a combined effort of rogue Catholic priests and Protestant pastors in France, aware of the religious threat, worked together to fight Nazism during World War II. This contributed to the survival of seventy-five percent of France’s Jewish population. Burton concludes by describing what work still needs to be done to fully understand, clarify, and debunk Nazism’s Positive Christianity. Today’s world is fascinated by the tragic events of World War II, yet Hitler’s propaganda coup against traditional Christianity is not well-known or understood. This book closes that gap.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-08
Mått:154 x 224 x 14 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538171417

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Kathleen Burton has taught in the French department at Yale University since 2007. She has a PhD in theology from L’Université Laval in Québec, an MA in French from Central Connecticut State University, and a BA in political science from University of California, Los Angeles. She has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux.

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This book, solidly documented and clearly written, retraces the action and the reflection of the spiritual resistance led by Pierre Chaillet, who courageously and effectively opposed the pagan religion that is fundamentally Nazism. This fascinating and too-little-known story sheds light on the past and gives food for thought for the present.

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Preface Acknowledgments PART I: THE NAZI RELIGION: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Chapter 1: Point 24 of the Nazi Political Party Platform Chapter 2: The Myth of the Twentieth Century Chapter 3: Alfred Rosenberg and Positive Christianity Chapter 4: Religious References in Mein Kampf Chapter 5: Rosenberg’s Early Writings and Friends of Europe Publications PART II: DUPED CHRISTIANITY: HITLER’S PROPAGANDA COUP Chapter 6: A Weak Christian Shield in Germany Chapter 7: Disunity in Germany’s Protestant Voice PART III: THE RISE OF THE CHRISTIAN RESISTANCE IN FRANCE Chapter 8: The French Churches Confront Nazism Chapter 9: The French Christian Resistance Chapter 10: Témoignage Chrétien (The Christian Witness) Chapter 11: L’Amitié chrétienne (Christian Friendship) Afterword: What Needs to Be Done? Appendix A: The Program of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party Appendix B: Paul Tillich’s “Ten Theses on National Socialism” Appendix C: Friends of Europe Publications