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Author Wright, Jonathan, 1941-

Title "Above parties" : the political attitudes of the German Protestant Church leadership 1918-1933 / by J. R. C. Wright
Published London : Oxford University Press, 1974

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Description xvii, 197 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents Introduction : the church before 1918 -- The revolution settlement. The Prussian Land and the Old Prussian Union ; The other Protestant Landeskirchen ; The formation of the Kirchenbund -- The Prussian church treaty -- Domestic politics during the republic -- Foreign policy -- The "national opposition". The "national movement" ; The NSDAP ; The German Christians -- The crisis of the republic -- The "national revolution". The new state ; Revolution in the church ; The revolution victorious -- Appendix : The appointment of the Staatskommissar -- Conclusion
Summary The attitudes of the German Protestant Church towards politics during one of the most turbulent periods of German history encompassing the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism are examined in this book
Analysis Church and state in Germany 20th century
Germany Politics and government 1918-1933
Geschichte 1918-1933
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [175]-188
Subject Protestant churches -- Germany.
Church and state -- Germany -- 20th century.
Protestant churches -- Germany.
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054639
LC no. 74190499
ISBN 0198218567