The End of Illusions
Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2004
272 pages
978-0-7425-7824-1 (ISBN)
Description
The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature-America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe, and religious leaders across the nation vehemently debated how to confront Nazi Germany.
In The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and passionately present their arguments for going to war or maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem of evil, and America's role in the world. These urgently written pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed clarity and poignancy.
In The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and passionately present their arguments for going to war or maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem of evil, and America's role in the world. These urgently written pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed clarity and poignancy.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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978-0-7425-7824-1 (9780742578241)
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Joseph Loconte is the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Religion and Civil Society.
Content
Part 1 I The Peacemakers
Chapter 2 A Road Away From War
Chapter 3 Putting Christianity in Cold Storage
Chapter 4 On Saving Civilization
Chapter 5 What Can America Do for Peace?
Chapter 6 A War for Imperialism
Chapter 7 The Same Old War
Chapter 8 The Causes of War-Hitler
Chapter 9 Nazi Atrocities and the American War Fever
Chapter 10 All Will Be Lost By War
Chapter 11 A Clash of Imperialisms
Chapter 12 What Can Christians Do?
Chapter 13 What, Then, Should Churches Do?
Chapter 14 Keeping Christ Above the Strife
Part 15 II The Prophets
Chapter 16 An End to Illusions
Chapter 17 Why the Church is not Pacifist
Chapter 18 Christian Faith and the World Crisis
Chapter 19 First Letter to the French Protestants
Chapter 20 Second Letter to the French Protestants
Chapter 21 A Letter to Great Britain
Chapter 22 Five Mournful Years for Jewry
Chapter 23 Enemy of Human Freedom
Chapter 24 The Crime of Crimes
Chapter 25 The Darkest Political Tyranny
Chapter 26 Irresponsible Idealism
Chapter 27 The Christian as Citizen
Chapter 28 Defending Justice Despite Our Own Injustice
Chapter 29 The Barbarian Alternative
Chapter 30 The Aftermath of Utopianism
Part 31 III The Gathering Storm
Chapter 32 War and Peace
Chapter 33 America's Responsibility in the Present Crisis
Chapter 2 A Road Away From War
Chapter 3 Putting Christianity in Cold Storage
Chapter 4 On Saving Civilization
Chapter 5 What Can America Do for Peace?
Chapter 6 A War for Imperialism
Chapter 7 The Same Old War
Chapter 8 The Causes of War-Hitler
Chapter 9 Nazi Atrocities and the American War Fever
Chapter 10 All Will Be Lost By War
Chapter 11 A Clash of Imperialisms
Chapter 12 What Can Christians Do?
Chapter 13 What, Then, Should Churches Do?
Chapter 14 Keeping Christ Above the Strife
Part 15 II The Prophets
Chapter 16 An End to Illusions
Chapter 17 Why the Church is not Pacifist
Chapter 18 Christian Faith and the World Crisis
Chapter 19 First Letter to the French Protestants
Chapter 20 Second Letter to the French Protestants
Chapter 21 A Letter to Great Britain
Chapter 22 Five Mournful Years for Jewry
Chapter 23 Enemy of Human Freedom
Chapter 24 The Crime of Crimes
Chapter 25 The Darkest Political Tyranny
Chapter 26 Irresponsible Idealism
Chapter 27 The Christian as Citizen
Chapter 28 Defending Justice Despite Our Own Injustice
Chapter 29 The Barbarian Alternative
Chapter 30 The Aftermath of Utopianism
Part 31 III The Gathering Storm
Chapter 32 War and Peace
Chapter 33 America's Responsibility in the Present Crisis
