Against the Third Reich

by Tillich, Paul; Stone, Ronald H.; Weaver, Matthew Lon

• ISBN13: 9780664257705
• ISBN10: 0664257704
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Paul Tillich, one of the greatest Protestant theologians of modern times, wrote more than one hundred radio addresses that were braodcast into Nazi Germany from March 1942 through May 1944. The broadcasts were passionate and political--urging Germans to recognize the horror of Hitler and to reject a morally and spiritually bankrupt government. Laregly unknown in the United States, the broadcasts have been translated into English for the first time, and approximately half of them are presented in this book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Question of the Jewish People: March 31, 1942	p. 13
The Death and Resurrection of Nations: April 1942	p. 17
Internal and External Freedom: April 20, 1942	p. 21
Justice and Humanity: May 11, 1942	p. 25
Goethe on Reverence: May 1942	p. 29
The Ninth Anniversary of German Book Burning: May 18, 1942	p. 32
Guilt and Innocence: June 8, 1942	p. 36
The Tragic in the Evolution of History: August 14, 1942	p. 41
The German Tragedy: August 1942	p. 46
Bringing Germany to Political Maturity: August 28, 1942	p. 51
The Intelligentsia and Germany's Conquest: September 4, 1942	p. 56
How One Should View the Enemy: September 12, 1942	p. 61
What Is Worth Defending?: October 6, 1942	p. 66
Power Politics: October 13, 1942	p. 71
The Punishment of War Criminals: October 20, 1942	p. 76
Germany's Past, Present, and Future Fate: November 3, 1942	p. 81
Dark Clouds Are Gathering: December 1942	p. 86
Where Hope Lies This Advent Season: December 8, 1942	p. 91
The Fourth War Christmas: December 15, 1942	p. 95
A Guiding Light in the Darkness of the New Year: December 1942	p. 100
Who Is Guilty?: January 1943	p. 107
Mourning for Stalingrad: January 1943	p. 111
The Tenth Anniversary of Hitler's Regime: February 1943	p. 115
The Germanic Legacy: March 2, 1943	p. 119
The Christian Legacy: March 8, 1943	p. 124
The Human Legacy: March 16, 1943	p. 128
Germany's Rebirth into the Human Race: March 23, 1943	p. 132
"Tyrannical Power Has Limits": April 6, 1943	p. 137
The Passion Story of Nazism: Palm Sunday 1943	p. 141
The Tolling of Easter Bells: Easter Sunday 1943	p. 145
Blindness Precedes Ruin: April 27, 1943	p. 149
Fate and Guilt: May 18, 1943	p. 154
Two Kinds of Defeatism: May 25, 1943	p. 158
The Defeat of Nazi Belief: June 1, 1943	p. 163
Nazism and the Ideals of the French Revolution: July 5, 1943	p. 168
The Defeated Cheer the Victors: July 19, 1943	p. 173
Collective Guilt: August 9, 1943	p. 178
Guilt - Atonement - Expiation: August 16, 1943	p. 183
Egyptian Plagues and German Plagues: September 1943	p. 188
Puppets and Puppet Masters: September 20, 1943	p. 193
To Whom Has Germany Surrendered?: September 24, 1943	p. 198
Justice rather than Vengeance: November 9, 1943	p. 203
Retribution Unparalleled: November 23, 1943	p. 208
Breaking the Pact with the Nazis: November 30, 1943	p. 212
A Soldier's Revealing Letter: December 27, 1943	p. 217
Judgment as Redemption: January 31, 1944	p. 225
Community in the Service of Power: February 15, 1944	p. 229
Rebellion and Loyalty: March 21, 1944	p. 233
A German Good Friday: March 28, 1944	p. 237
The Ancient and Eternal Message of Easter: April 4, 1944	p. 241
The Cost of Surrendering Freedom: April 18, 1944	p. 245
Unbearable Waiting: April 24, 1944	p. 249
Who Stands on the Side of Justice?: May 2, 1944	p. 253
Fighting the Tyranny of Fear: May 9, 1944	p. 257
One Hundred Speeches on Liberation from Nazism: March 7, 1944	p. 261
Index	p. 269
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