Christianity in Hitler''s Ideology - The Role of Jesus in National Socialism

"How did Hitler's personal religious beliefs shape the development of National Socialism? Through close analysis of primary sources, Mikael Nilsson challenges established narratives surrounding Hitler's relationship with Christianity, arguing that the figure of Jesus provided ideological inspiration for Hitler and the wider Nazi"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Christ on the crooked cross; Part I. Jesus as an Aryan, Anti-Semitic Warrior: 2. Hitler's religious teachers: Dietrich Eckart & Houston Stewart chamberlain; 3. Christ on the crooked cross; Part II. Did Hitler Believe that Jesus was Divine: 4. Hitler's Damascus Road experience: how Hitler modelled his political conversion narrative in Mein Kampf on the apostle Paul's religious conversion in acts 9; 5. Jesus as an ideological inspiration for Hitler and the NSDAP; Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Mikael Nilsson is an independent Swedish scholar and historian with research interests in Hitler, National Socialism, and Nazi Germany, along with the Cold War. His previous publications include Hitler Redux: The Incredible History of Hitler's So-Called Table Talks (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Mikael Nilsson, Mikael (Independent Scholar) Nilsson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009314954
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931495-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, Far-right political ideologies and movements, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust