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Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki
Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Jewish Germany: An enduring presence from the fourth to the twenty-first century.
Soap From Human Fat: The Case Of Professor Spanner, John A. Drobnicki
Soap From Human Fat: The Case Of Professor Spanner, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Soap from Human Fat: The Case of Professor Spanner, by Monika Tomkiewicz and Piotr Semków (Gdynia: Wydawnictwo Róza Wiatrów, 2013).
“A Christian World Order:” Protestants, Democracy And Christian Aid To Germany, 1945-1961, Ky N. Woltering
“A Christian World Order:” Protestants, Democracy And Christian Aid To Germany, 1945-1961, Ky N. Woltering
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This dissertation examines the relationship between the German and American Protestantism from 1945-1961. I argue that in response to the threat of Nazism and communism, mainline ecumenical American Protestants aimed to create a universalist “Christian World Order” based on liberal democracy and Christian ethics. Only this new order, they argued, could supersede nationalist and materialist agendas and restore world peace. By rhetorically depicting Nazi and Communist "totalitarianism" as anti-Christian, a construction I refer to as the Christian-Totalitarian Dichotomy, these Protestants drove German conservatives away from Nazism and toward Western liberal democracy through association with Christianity. They accomplished this through two …