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Preaching in Hitler's shadow : sermons of resistance in the Third Reich / edited by Dean G. Stroud.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.

Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.

National socialism and religion.

Sermons, German.

Clergy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany.

Christianity and politics -- History -- 20th century.

National socialism -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

9780802869029 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

0802869025 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xii, 203 pages ; 23 cm

Historical context : preaching in the Third Reich. Why read sermons from Nazi Germany? -- Evil calling upon God -- Hitler's positive Christianity -- Belief in Hitler -- How Nazis saw the world -- Was Jesus really a Jew? -- A faith for weaklings -- T4 -- The German Christian Movement -- Martin Luther Day 1933 -- Confessing Christ -- The Pastors' Emergency League -- Enter Karl Barth -- "Lord, where shall we go?" -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the "Jewish Question" -- The Nazi persecution of the Jewish people -- Bonhoeffer's preaching -- The Barmen Declaration -- Barmen as rhetorical guide -- Hearing the sermons -- Nazi speech -- Christian rhetoric of silence -- Preaching as provocation -- Selected sermons of resistance in the Third Reich. Gideon / Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- A sermon about Jesus as a Jew / Karl Barth -- Christ crossing the stormy lake and Jesus' glory / Paul Schneider -- A sermon about the relevance of Christianity in Nazi Germany / Martin Niemöller -- A sermon about giving thanks in the Third Reich / Paul Schneider -- O land, land, land : hear the Word of the Lord! / Julius von Jan -- A sermon about Kristallnacht ; A sermon about faith as war begins / Helmut Gollwitzer -- A sermon for a victim of Aktion T4 / Gerhard Ebeling -- A sermon about the Parable of the Great Banquet / Rudolf Bultmann -- A sermon about Aktion T4 / Clemens August von Galen -- The way of true faith / Wilhelm Busch -- A sermon about the loyalty oath to Adolf Hitler.

What did German preachers opposed to Hitler say in their Sunday sermons? When the truth of Christ could cost a pastor his life, what words encouraged and challenged him and his congregation? This book answers those questions."Preaching in Hitler's Shadow" begins with a fascinating look at Christian life inside the Third Reich, giving readers a real sense of the danger that pastors faced every time they went into the pulpit. Dean Stroud pays special attention to the role that language played in the battle over the German soul, pointing out the use of Christian language in opposition to Nazi rhetoric. The second part of the book presents thirteen well-translated sermons by various select preachers, including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, and others not as well known but no less courageous. A running commentary offers cultural and historical insights, and each sermon is preceded by a short biography of the preacher.

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