Contemporaries and historians have found it difficult to interpret the ambiguous relationship between National Socialism and Christianity. Both the Catholic and Protestant Churches tended to agree with National Socialists in their authoritarianism; their attacks on socialism and communism; and their campaign against the Versailles Treaty; but the doctrinal position of the Churches could not be reconciled with the principle of racism; a foreign policy of unlimited aggressive warfare; or a domestic agenda involving the complete subservience of Church to State. Important sections of the Nazi Party sought the complete extirpation of Christianity and its substitution by a purely racial religion; but considerations of expediency made it impossible for the National Socialist leadership to adopt this radical anti-Christian stance as official policy. The Kulturkampf Newsletters; which have not appeared in English since the 1930s; were produced by German Catholic exiles in France. They scrupulously document the tensions between various strands of Nazi policy; and the nature of the policy eventually adopted: this was to reduce the Churches’ influence in all areas of public life through the use of every available means; yet without provoking the difficulties – diplomatic as well as domestic – which an openly declared war of extermination might have caused.
#907891 in Books Ingramcontent 2016-06-13Original language:English 8.50 x 1.06 x 5.51l; 1.32 #File Name: 1943737312476 pagesEverything You Were Taught about African Americans and the Civil War Is Wrong Ask a Southerner
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Kevin P.great book; a real eye opener8 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Myth Buster about Lincoln's WarBy Richard BI loved the book and the style in which it was written by this author. The author has provided plenty of notes regarding his quotes and sources. If you are looking for a book that will help you understand what Lincoln's war against the southern states was about this is the book that will give you the information that you will not find taught in school today nor hear from the current pc media.8 of 12 people found the following review helpful. The books contains a lot of information. Since I ...By RJThe books contains a lot of information. Since I have read dozens of books on the Civil War; there were some facts cited that I had not read before. I plan to do additional research to verify the information. However; it was worthwhile reading.
