Church Undone: Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940

Book Overview

Decades after the Holocaust, many assume that the churches in Germany resisted the Nazi regime. In fact, resistance was exceptional. The Deutsche Christen, or German Christians, a movement within German Protestantism, integrated Nazi ideology, nationalism, and Christian faith. Marrying religious anti-Judaism to the Nazis racial antisemitism, they aimed to remove everything Jewish from Christianity.

For the first time in English, Mary M. Solberg presents a selection of German Christian documents. Her introduction sets the historical context. Includes responses critical of the German Christians by Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145146472X
• ISBN13: 9781451464726
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 8.8"