Although Christianity’s precise influence on the Holocaust cannot be determined and the Christian churches did not themselves perpetrate the Final Solution, Michael argues that two millennia of Christian ideas and prejudices and their impact on Christians’ behaviour appear to be the major basis of antisemitism and it’s apex, the Holocaust.
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Contents: Introduction Christianity, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust Christian Scriptures and Church Fathers Medieval Violence The Germanies from Luther to Hitler Christian Antisemitism, the German People, Adolf Hitler PostscriptAbout the author
ROBERT MICHAEL is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 254 ● ISBN 9780230601987 ● File size 1.8 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2006 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2306689 ● Copy protection Social DRM