A Tale of Two Leaders
German Methodists and the Nazi State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3291302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roland Blaich (Walla Walla University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-225 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3654450 |
| OpenAlex | W2091962247 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Nazi foreign policy was hampered from the start by a hostile foreign press that carried alarming reports, not only of atrocities and persecution of the political opposition and of Jews, but also of a persecution of Christians in Germany. Protestant Christians abroad were increasingly outraged by the so-called "German Christians" who, with the support of the government, gained control of the administration of the Evangelical state churches and set about to fashion a centralized Nazi church based on principles of race, blood, and soil. The militant attack by "German Christians" on Christian, as opposed to Germanic, traditions and values led to the birth of a Confessing Church, whose leaders fought to remain true to the Gospel, often at the risk of imprisonment. Such persecution resulted in calls from abroad for boycott and intervention, particularly in Britain and the United States, and threatened to complicate foreign relations for the Nazi regime at a time when Hitler was still highly vulnerable. In order to win the support of the German people and to consolidate the Nazi grip on German society, Hitler needed accomplishments in foreign policy and solutions to the German economic crisis. Both were possible only with the indulgence of foreign powers
Archaeology · Boycott · Foreign policy · German · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · State (computer science) · History · Law · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |