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This book closely examines the turmoil in the German Protestant churchesin the immediate postwar years as they attempted to come to terms with the recentpast. Reeling from the impact of war, the churches addressed the consequences ofcooperation with the regime and the treatment of Jews. In Germany, the ProtestantChurch consisted of 28 autonomous regional churches. During the Nazi years, thesechurches formed into various alliances. One group, the German Christian Church, openly aligned itself with the Nazis. The rest were cautiously opposed to the regimeor tried to remain noncommittal. The internal debates, however, involved every groupand centered on issues of belief that were important to all. Important theologianssuch as Karl Barth were instrumental in pressing these issues forward. While not anexhaustive study of Protestantism during the Nazi years, A Church Divided breaks newground in the discussion of responsibility, guilt, and the Nazi past. |
