Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Church History
Angaben zur Quelle:
56,2 (1987) 224-235
Keywords:
Coughlin, Charles E.
;
Antisemitism History 1500-
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Explores the theological roots of Coughlin's anti-Judaism, especially the influence of the writings of Father Denis Fahey, professor of philosophy and Church history at the seminary of the Holy Ghost Congregation in Dublin. Fahey regarded both capitalism and communism as a sinister Jewish plot aimed at overthrowing Christianity and the Catholic Church, and described the Jews as part of the "mystical body of Satan." Based on previously unknown letters from Coughlin to Fahey. Coughlin, originally a supporter of Roosevelt, who invited Jews and Protestants to join his National Union of Social Justice, was disappointed in Roosevelt and became radicalized after the failure to prevent his re-election in 1936. He came to believe in the Jewish conspiracy, proclaimed that a pro-Christ stance was necessarily anti-Jewish, and frequently quoted Fahey in his newspaper and radio broadcasts.
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