The christian faith is a religion of history. The faith is established through the real action in the world. The situation during the time 1933~1945 were test and temptation for the church and human being.
This book shows, how the political power of Nazis oppressed the church and christian, and how the church and christian stand against the Nazis power.
And we can recognise, what the being of church and the christian should be. Through this book we can hope, the reader see the future of church and christian.
Book Two
VI. Persecution of Christianity / 7
4. Specific Examples of Oppression / 8
1. Threatening the Church Leadership / 8
2. Establishment of the Pro -Nazi Professors and Student Groups / 10
3. Reduction and Closure of the Theological Education Organizations / 13
4. Trespassing and Using the Chapel / 18
5. Regulation of Church Offerings / 19
6. Force of Fealty / 20
7. Obligatory Recruitment of the Christian Teens / 20
Section Four
VII. Nazification of Theology / 23
1. Abolition of the Old Testament / 132
2. Germanic Acceptance of the New Testament /30
2. The Divine Theory and the National Myth / 32
3. Christology and the Idolization of Hitler / 35
4. Confrontation of Human Theory–Between the Bible and Nazism / 40
VIII. Politicization of Faith / 45
1. From the Kingdom of God to National Groupism / 46
2. Faith as Systematic Obedience /49
3. Pneumatology and the Nazi World View Movement/ 51
4. Eschatology and the Fateful Decision / 52
IX. Distortion of the Christian Culture / 59
1. Ethics Serving People / 60
2. Political Misuse of Church Feasts / 64
3. Edit of Faithful Figures / 67
1. The Apostle Paul / 67
2. Meister Eckart / 69
3. M. Luther / 70
Section Five
X. The Conscience and Resistance of Protestants / 75
1. Resistance and Martyrdom of Protestants 1: The Church World / 76
1. M. Niemoeller / 76
2. O. Dibelius / 82
3. P. Schneider / 86
2. Resistance and Martyrdom of Protestants 2: The Theological World / 91
1. K. Barth / 91
2. P. Tillich / 98
3. D. Bonhoeffer / 100
4. H. Thielicke / 106
5. H. Gollwitzer / 112
3. The Rest Faith Leaders / 114
XI. The Conscience and Resistance of Catholics / 123
1. The Response of the Vatican / 124
1. The Vatican and Nazis / 124
2. Priests: Resistance and Martyrdom / 142
1. R. Mayer / 142
2. M. Kolbe / 148
3. A. Delp / 155
4. M. Metzger / 160
3. Believers / 164
Section Six
XII. The Post-war Reconstruction of the