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Demonizing the Jews
“An insightful analysis of the ways in which Protestant reformer Martin Luther’s anti-Jewish writings were used by German Protestants during the Third Reich.” —Contemporary Church History Quarterly The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and Judaism to reinforce the racial antisemitism and religious anti-Judaism already present among Protestants. Focusing on key figures, Probst’s study makes clear that a significant number of pastors, bishops, an...
The Betrayal of the Humanities
How did the academy react to the rise, dominance, and ultimate fall of Germany's Third Reich? Did German professors of the humanities have to tell themselves lies about their regime's activities or its victims to sleep at night? Did they endorse the regime? Or did they look the other way, whether out of deliberate denial or out of fear for their own personal safety? The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich is a collection of groundbreaking essays that shed light on this previously overlooked piece of history. The Betrayal of the Humanities accepts the regrettable news that academics and intellectuals in Nazi Germany betrayed the humanities, and explores what went...
Multilingualism in Ancient Contexts
Multilingualism remains a thorny issue in many contexts, be it cultural, political, or educational. Debates and discourses on this issue in contexts of diversity (particularly in multicultural societies, but also in immigration situations) are often conducted with present-day communicational and educational needs in mind, or with political and identity agendas. This is nothing new. There are a vast number of witnesses from the ancient West-Asian and Mediterranean world attesting to the same debates in long past societies. Could an investigation into the linguistic landscapes of ancient societies shed any light on our present-day debates and discourses? This volume suggests that this is indee...
Introduction to the Study of Liturgy
Worship is at the heart of the Christian faith. This applies equally to all denominations. For that reason it is all the more important that the ordering of worship and its place in the life of the church is regularly rewritten and reinterpreted. This volume--based on the third, completely revised German edition from 2013 by two of the foremost liturgical scholars in Germany--offers a contemporary, comprehensive introduction to the foundations for the study of liturgy today, one from which scholars and students in the English-speaking world can also profit. Beyond appealing to students of liturgy and theology, this book reaches out to everyone who wants to know more about the liturgical essence and dimensions of the church.
True Reform
For Massimo Faggioli, the debate about the meaning of Vatican II too often misses the profound significance of that council's first and perhaps most consequential document, Sacrosanctum Concilium. The result is a misunderstanding of both the council as a whole and the liturgical reform that followed from it. In True Reform, Faggioli takes Sacrosanctum Concilium as a hermeneutical key to the council. He offers a thorough reflection on the relationship between the liturgical constitution and the whole achievement of Vatican II and argues that the interconnections between the two must emerge if we want to understand the impact of the council on global Catholicism.
Spiritualität im Diskurs
Spiritualität liegt im Trend. Weit über den kirchlichen Sprachgebrauch hinaus hat sich die Rede von Spiritualität auf dem Beratungsmarkt, in der Medizin und selbst in der Firmensprache etabliert. In den letzten Jahren fand das Phänomen auch in der universitären Forschung vertiefte Aufmerksamkeit. Wie wird Spiritualität in der theologischen bzw. kirchlichen Ausbildung zurzeit integriert? Wie fügt sich Spiritualität in den postmodernen Kontext ein, und wie können die Kirchen auf die neue Suche nach Spiritualität reagieren? 'Spiritualität im Diskurs' bietet einen Überblick über die aktuelle theologische Spiritualitätsforschung, wobei insbesondere der evangelische Kontext erstmals ausführlich beleuchtet wird.
The Aryan Jesus
Was Jesus a Nazi? During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. In 1939, these theologians established the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life. In The Aryan Jesus, Susannah Heschel shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center. Based on years of archival research, The Aryan Jesus examines the m...
Reformierte Liturgik - kontrovers
Die Reformierten kennen keine Agenden und haben entsprechend viel Freiraum zur Gestaltung der Liturgie. Da verwundert es nicht, dass manches strittig ist: Verkündigung oder Feier? Dialekt oder Standardsprache? Bekenntnisfreiheit oder Bekenntnisbindung? Die Debatte um den angemessenen Stil ist beispielhaft für viele Kontroversen im Bereich des Gottesdienstes. Einige entpuppen sich beim näheren Hinsehen als Scheinkontroversen, andere offenbaren grosse theologische, spirituelle und ekklesiologische Gegensätze. Der Band lässt Autorinnen und Autoren zu Wort kommen, die miteinander alte und neue Streitpunkte ausfechten. Jeweils eine legt ihren Standpunkt dar, der andere reagiert kontrovers, beide kommen anschliessend noch einmal zu Wort. Der Band zeigt, dass reformierte Liturgik vielleicht erst in Kontroversen fassbar wird, und regt zum Weiterdenken an.
Preaching the Fear of God in a Fear-Filled World
Fear runs rampant in the world today, including fears related to the rise of nationalism, refugees, political corruption, violence, religious extremism, and climate crises. Amid these existential realities, the biblical idea of "the fear of God" poses theological opportunities and challenges for those who address these themes in their preaching and public ministry. This collection of conference presentations from the 2018 meeting of Societas Homiletica focuses on how preaching and homiletical studies around the world address the rhetorical, biblical, political, and spiritual dimensions of fear as it has emerged in recent decades in church and society.
