Language:
English
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Modern Theology
Angaben zur Quelle:
23,3 (2007) 369-391
Keywords:
Barth, Karl,
;
Jews History 1933-1939
;
Church history 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Discusses Barth's theology during the church struggle ("Kirchenkampf") after the Nazi accession to power in 1933, contending that his views did not change during the 1930s. Argues for continuity in Barth's views from 1925 through 1938 regarding his theological opposition to Nazism. While the Jewish question was not central to his early views about the German Protestant Church and Nazism, he criticized, at an early stage, the Church's policy to defend only baptized Jews. Barth stressed that the Church should be independent of the state and should challenge its totalitarian claims. Although the ethical and political criticism in the Barmen Confession (1934), of which he was the main author, was less direct than previous statements of his, it was unambiguous. After Barth was forced to leave Germany in 1935, he intensified his opposition to Nazism, calling for recruits to refuse to serve in the German army and for participation in boycotts and sabotage. He came to see the war against Nazi Germany as a Divine commandment, and Nazi antisemitism as the major reason for resisting the Nazis.
Note:
Deals also with his attitude toward the "Jewish question".
DOI:
10.1111/j.1468-0025.2007.00388.x
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