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Informationen zum Autor Richard Steigmann-Gall is Assistant Professor of History at Kent State University. He has earned fellowships and awards from institutions in Germany, Israel, and Canada, and he has published articles in Central European History, German History, Social History, and Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. Klappentext Steigmann-Gall argues that Nazism was neither unrelated to Christianity nor actively opposed to it. Zusammenfassung Analyzing the previously unexplored religious views of the Nazi elite! Richard Steigmann-Gall argues against the consensus that Nazism was either unrelated to Christianity or actively opposed to it. He demonstrates that many in the Nazi movement believed their ideology was based on a Christian understanding of Germany's ills. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Positive christianity: the doctrine of the time of struggle; 2. Above the confessions: bridging the religious divide; 3. Blood and soil: the paganist ambivalence; 4. National renewal: religion and the New Germany; 5. Completing the reformation: the Protestant Reich Church; 6. Public need before private greed: building the people's community; 7. Gottgläubig: assent of the anti-Christians?; 8. The Holy Reich: some conclusions.
