Nazism and religion: the problem of 'positive Christianity'
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Samuel KoehneNazism and religion: the problem of 'positive Christianity'
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Australian Journal of Politics and HistoryVolume
60Pagination
28 - 42Location
Milton, Qld.ISSN
0004-9522eISSN
1467-8497Language
engNotes
Current debates on Nazism and religion are focused around the notion that the Nazis sought to promote a kind of Christian faith called “positive Christianity”. This article challenges such perspectives. It establishes that “positive Christianity” had an existing meaning in German society before the Nazi Party was formed - dogmatic Christian faith — and demonstrates that this was the same interpretation of religious faith that Hitler appeared to advocate in Mein Kampf. By contrast to recent revisionist accounts, the paper argues that “positive Christianity” had such a wide variety of interpretations that it cannot be considered as a cohesive construct.Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaUsage metrics
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