Martin Luther and the Jews: How Protestant Churches in Germany Deal with the Reformer's Dark Side
Despite the fact that Luther was referenced in order to justify anti-Semitic hatred of Jews during the time of National Socialism it took the German evangelical churches almost forty years to get round to intensively working through Luther's anti-Jewish Statements and their effects through hist...
| Published in: | Theology today |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2017]
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Theology today
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church |
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National Socialism
B Anti-semitism B Martin Luther B Evangelical Church of Germany B Reformation B Antisemitism B Germany B Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 B Protestant Churches |
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| Summary: | Despite the fact that Luther was referenced in order to justify anti-Semitic hatred of Jews during the time of National Socialism it took the German evangelical churches almost forty years to get round to intensively working through Luther's anti-Jewish Statements and their effects through history. During the first decades after World War II, intra-church discussion focused on working through its own guilt (1945-1950) and finding a new direction for theology concerning Israel (1960-1980). However, the 500th anniversary of Luther's birth in 1983 fueled a discussion about the Reformer's attitude towards the Jews. It centered, first, on the question of how to assess the anti-Semitic co-option of Luther in the Nazi period; second, on how Luther's friendly statements towards Jews in his early years relate to the invective of his late writings. The latest EKD statement turns away from a genetic view of Luther towards an appraisal of his theological assessment of Judaism in connection with his Reformation theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573617721913 |