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.
Table of c ontents
Section One
I. Mystery of History / 9
II. The Nazis and German Christianity / 21
1. Hitler and Christianity / 22
2. Christian Policy Direction of Nazis / 28
Section Two
III. National Belief and Christianity / 41
1. The Nazis and National Myths / 42
2. The German Faith Movement (DGB) / 48
3. Staatskirchentum (State-churchism) / 52
IV. Nationalism and Christianity / 57
1. The Empire Christians - Luther ’s Influence and Thuringen / 58
2. The Practical Christianity / 70
3. Christianity - The German Faith Movement / 76
Section Three
V. Nazis’ Oppression of Christianity / 83
1. The Oppression Organizations of Christianity / 84
2. Christianity Policy Organization - The Department of Church / 88
3. The Pro-Nazi Research Institute / 95
4. The Nazi Theologian Grundmann / 99
5. Pro-Nazi Bishop, Mueller / 102
VI. Persecution of Christianity / 113
1. Threatening the Church Leadership / 115
2. Establishment of the Pro-Nazi Professor and Student Groups / 116
3. Reduction and Closure of the Theological Education
Organizations / 119
4. Trespassing and Using the Chapel / 124
5. Regulation of Church Offerings / 125
6. Coercion of Fealty / 126
Section Four
VII. Nazification of Theology / 129
1. The Theory of the Bible / 130
2. Abolition of the Old T estament / 132
3. Germanic Acceptance of the New T estament / 136
4. Christology and Idolization of Hitler / 138
VIII. Politicization of Faith / 143
1. From the Kingdom of God to National Groupism / 144
2. Faith as System Obedience / 147
3. Pneumatology and the Nazi W orld View Movemen / 149
IX. Distortion of Christian Culture / 151
1. Ethics Serving People / 152
2. Political Misuse of Church Feasts / 156
3. Edit of a Faithful Figure - The Apostle Paul / 159
4. Edit of a Faithful Figure - Luther / 161
Section Five
X. The Conscience and Resistance of Protestants / 165
1. Niemoller / 166
2. Barth / 171
3. Bonhoeffer / 176
XI. The Conscience and Resistance of Catholics / 183
1. The Vatican and Nazis / 184
2. Mayer, the Spiritual Leader of Munich / 202
3. Kolbe, Voluntary Death by Starvation / 208
4. Believers / 215
Section Six
XII. The Postwar Reconstruction of the Church / 219
1. The Great Church Policy of the Allied Forces / 220
2. The Denazification Movement of Christianity / 225
3. Stuttgart’s Declaration of Repentance / 229
XIII. Epilogue / 230
