{"product_id":"resisting-the-third-reich-kevin-spicer-9780875803302","title":"Resisting the Third Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler's Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Nazism swept Germany, how did religious leaders respond to attacks not only on their fellow citizens and their government but on their faith as well? Despite charges of complacency, most of the Catholic clergy of the Berlin diocese in fact maintained a quiet resistance to the Nazi regime by offering their parishioners an alternative to National Socialism. In thus broadening the definition of resistance, Kevin Spicer shows why Nazism was so powerfully alluring in the first place. It provided--indeed demanded--a total way of life, encompassing rituals and social belonging, personal identity and charismatic leadership, moral values and a sense of purpose. In a word, it was a religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpicer juxtaposes Catholicism and Nazism to provide a clear, balanced understanding of the challenges the clergy faced simply by celebrating the sacraments and teaching the faithful. By following individual priests in their day-to-day ministries, he documents how effectively they guarded their flock from a predatory ideology. Along the way, he highlights the leadership of Bishop Konrad von Preysing of Berlin, who enabled the diocesan clergy to speak out against Nazi violations of Catholic doctrine and practice, and Monsignor Bernhard Lichtenberg, who was sentenced to prison for publicly praying for Jews and other victims of Nazi oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the clergy's opposition to Nazism did not, for the most part, inspire them to act on behalf of the oppressed. Spicer explores the reasons why one group--the so-called \"Brown Priests\"--even chose to support National Socialism and what that choice meant for the Church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResisting the Third Reich will appeal to historians, religious studies scholars, and readers with an interest in Germany during World War II and in the Catholic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Spicer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087580330X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875803302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.36w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1663","brand":"Kevin Spicer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926720905471,"sku":"9780875803302","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a38effef-e221-40b7-a77b-a5365a62e2d9.jpg?v=1681084634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resisting-the-third-reich-kevin-spicer-9780875803302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}