The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945
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Steigmann-Gall argues that Nazism was neither unrelated to Christianity nor actively opposed to it. Publishers Weekly Steigmann-Gall, a history professor at Kent State, adds a new chapter to the story by investigating the way that Christianity functioned within the Nazi party itself . Using party pamphlets and writings of key members, he demonstrates that as early as 1920 the group declared that it represented the standpoint of a positive Christianity, which provided the tenets of its anti-Semitic and antimaterialist stance Steigmann-Gall uncovers new information and helpful insights about the period.
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsNote on Translation and CitationsIntroduction11Positive Christianity: The Doctrine of the Time of Struggle132Above the Confessions: Bridging the Religious Divide513Blood and Soil: The Paganist Ambivalence864National Renewal: Religion and the New Germany1145Completing the Reformation: The Protestant Reich Church1556Public Need before Private Greed: Building the People's Community1907Gottglaubig: Assent of the anti-Christians?2188The Holy Reich: Conclusion261Primary Sources268Secondary Sources272Index285
