Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism: Religious Identity and National Socialism
Author:   Derek Hastings (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Oakland University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199843459


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   22 March 2012
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Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism: Religious Identity and National Socialism


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Author:   Derek Hastings (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Oakland University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780199843459


ISBN 10:   0199843457
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   22 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Ultramontanism and Its Discontents: The Peculiarities of Munich's Prewar Catholic Tradition 2. The Path Toward Positive Christianity: Religious Identity and the Earliest Stages of the Nazi Movement, 1919-20 3. Embodying Positive Christianity in Catholic Munich: The Ideal of Religious Catholicism and Early Nazi Growth, 1920-22 4. A Catholic-Oriented Movement : The Zenith of Catholic-Nazi Activism, 1922-23 5. The Beerhall Putsch and the Transformation of the Nazi Movement After 1923 Conclusion

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<br> Hastings demonstrates beyond doubt that before the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923, significant segments of Catholic clergy and faithful in Munich were among the most important supporters of National Socialism, very much in tune with its increasing emphasis on Aryan racial supremacy and its contempt for Jews. ...A sound scholarly account of the links between Modernist Catholicism and National Socialism up until 1923. -Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org<p><br> Hastings's scholarly narrative...connects historic anti-Semitic ideology to the empire that implemented the Final Solution. -- ForeWord Reviews<p><br> The interpretation of early Nazism is quite insightful and sheds significant new light. -- CHOICE<p><br> [An] authoritative monograph [that] has incorporated archival and printed sources to show how the Nazi movement and Catholic identity were intertwined in Bavaria. --Catholic Historical Review<p><br> Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism is a powerful and provocative p


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Derek Hastings is Assistant Professor of History at Oakland University.

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