The Church of England and the Holocaust : Christianity, memory and Nazism /

A challenging interpretation both of the Holocaust and its wider context, and the Church of England's role during the period. This is the first book to consider the Anglican church's response to the Nazi persecution and then murder of Europe's Jews. Acting as a critique of the histori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawson, Tom
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2006.
Colección:Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 12.
Temas:
Church of England.
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Church and social problems.
Holocauste, 1939-1945.
Église et problèmes sociaux.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION: CONTEXTS
  • Part I: RESPONSES
  • 1. 'The Struggle for Religious Freedom': The Myth of Martin Niemöller and the Anglican Understanding of Nazism
  • 2. 'A Crusade to Deliver our Fellow Men from a Sub-Human Barbarism': Nazism and War in the Anglican Imagination
  • 3. 'Burning Indignation': The Church of England and the Murder of Europe's Jews
  • Part II: MEMORIES
  • 4. 'The Trades Union of Bishops': The Church of England and the Search for a Usable Past at the Beginning of the Cold War
  • 5. 'To Whom Vengeance Belongeth': The Church of England, Christianity and Opposition to War Crimes Trials
  • CONCLUSIONS.

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