For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler
Victoria Barnett
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Description for For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler
Paperback. This volume explores the dramatic struggle between Nazism and the German Confessing Church - a group of outraged Christians who sought to establish a church untainted by Nazi ideology. The author's research included interviews with more than 60 Germans who were active in the Confessing Church. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW3; HRCC99; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Victoria Barnett describes the dramatic struggle between Nazism and the German Confessing Church --- a group of outraged Christians who sought to establish a church untainted by Nazi ideology. For this remarkable book, Barnett interviewed more than sixty Germans who were active in the Confessing Church. She quotes liberally from their frank, unvarnished testimony, using rich historical and archival material to frame their stories. For the Soul of the People vividly portrays a church divided between those who compromised with Nazism and those who eventually tried to overthrow it.
Victoria Barnett describes the dramatic struggle between Nazism and the German Confessing Church --- a group of outraged Christians who sought to establish a church untainted by Nazi ideology. For this remarkable book, Barnett interviewed more than sixty Germans who were active in the Confessing Church. She quotes liberally from their frank, unvarnished testimony, using rich historical and archival material to frame their stories. For the Soul of the People vividly portrays a church divided between those who compromised with Nazism and those who eventually tried to overthrow it.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195121186
SKU
V9780195121186
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99-1
About Victoria Barnett
Victoria Barnett is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York, and a professional writer whose articles have appeared in Christianity and Crisis, The Christian Century, The Witness, and the news bulletins of Religious News Service. She lived in Germany for 13 years and now lives in Washington, D.C.
Reviews for For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler
excellent book.
The New York Review, December 1992
The New York Review, December 1992