Wehrmacht Priests - Catholicism and the Nazi War of Annihilation

Informationen zum Autor Lauren Faulkner Rossi is Assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University. Klappentext Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II. She probes the Church¿s accommodations with Hitler¿s regime, its fierce but often futile attempts to preserve independence, and the shortcomings of Church doctrine in the face of total war and genocide. Zusammenfassung Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II. She probes the Church’s accommodations with Hitler’s regime, its fierce but often futile attempts to preserve independence, and the shortcomings of Church doctrine in the face of total war and genocide.

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• Authors: Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Lauren F. Rossi
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2015
• EAN: 9780674598485
• ISBN: 978-0-674-59848-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater