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