- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Online publication date:
- May 2022
- Print publication year:
- 2022
- Online ISBN:
- 9781316415993
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In this ground-breaking study, Andrew Chandler examines the complex relationship between religions and politics, church and state, and national and international politics during the period that witnessed the rise and fall of the Third Reich. He explores these dilemmas within the context of the tumultuous years when many British Christian confronted and challenged the Nazi regime. Chandler shows how many of the key moral questions which came to define the modern world now crystallized: What view should the Christian take of the political state? How should the claims of dictators and democrats be judged? How should the Church protest against injustice – and what can be done about it? How should peace be preserved and when should war be declared? How should a just war be justly fought? It is a history which places the Third Reich firmly in an international perspective, revealing the moral arguments and debates that Nazism provoked across the democracies. It is also an important study of the many ways in which men and women outside Germany intervened, protested, and campaigned against the Hitler regime and sought to support its critics and its victims.
‘This is the most comprehensive study yet published of the British churches’ response to the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, and is of major importance both for historical understanding and for theological and ethical reflection on the perennial issues of the challenges faced by faith in the political arena.’
Keith Clements Source: Baptist Quarterly
‘This book will prove worthwhile to anyone interested in the intersection of religion and politics, national and international politics, and church and state relations during the first half of the 20th century.’
Israel A. Kolade Source: Reading Religion
‘This is a masterful and important study that will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding mid twentieth-century British Christianity.’
John Carter Wood Source: German Historical Institute London Bulletin
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