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Article: Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany.(Book Review)
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- January 30, 2005
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Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany by Robert Krieg. New York: Continuum, 2003
This scholarly work by Robert Krieg, professor of theology at Notre Dame, examines the, role of the German church in dealing with the Third Reich and anti-Semitism.
Although "Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany" discusses a range of religious scholars, it focuses on five men in particular who came to maturity in the Nazi era and had an influence on the English-speaking world. Karl Adam, Karl Eschweiller and Joseph Lortz were in varying degrees sympathetic to the goals of the Third Reich while Romano Guardini and Englebert Krebs were publicly critical of the Nazis.
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