Probst, Christopher J.,  1969- <br/><br/>
Demonizing the Jews  Luther and the Protestant church in Nazi Germany /  [electronic resource] : 
Christopher J. Probst. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  ©2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Protestantism in Nazi Germany -- "Luther and the Jews" -- Confessing church and German Christian academic theologians -- Confessing church pastors -- German Christian pastors and bishops -- Pastors and theologians from the unaffiliated Protestant "middle." 
<br/><br/> The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and Judaism to reinforce the racial antisemitism and religious anti-Judaism already present among Protestants. Focusing on key figures, Probst's study makes clear that a significant number of pastors, bishops, and theologians of varying theological and political persuasions employed Luther's texts with considerable effectiveness in campaigning for the creation of a "de-Judaized" form of Christianity. Probst shows that even the church most critical of Luther's anti-Jewish writings reaffirmed the antisemitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253001023 (electronic bk.) 0253001021 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. <br/>Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. <br/>Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Bekennende Kirche--History.<br/>Bekennende Kirche--History.<br/>Bekennende Kirche.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900 - 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church and state--History--Germany--1933-1945.<br/>Christianity and antisemitism.<br/>Protestant churches--History--Germany--20th century.<br/>Christianity and antisemitism.<br/>Church and state.<br/>Protestant churches.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--Church history.<br/>Germany.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Church history.<br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4844  / .P743 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.2/6094309043