Werner Elert als Kriegstheologe: Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Diskussion „Luthertum und Nationalsozialismus”
Werner Elert (1885-1954) of Erlangen University was – and is – one of the most influential exponents of Lutheran theology in this century. This analysis of his published works, as well as of his unpublished papers from the years 1933-1945, comes to the following conclusions: Elert's thinking ma...
| Published in: | Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte |
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1998
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
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| Summary: | Werner Elert (1885-1954) of Erlangen University was – and is – one of the most influential exponents of Lutheran theology in this century. This analysis of his published works, as well as of his unpublished papers from the years 1933-1945, comes to the following conclusions: Elert's thinking managed to combine after 1933 a highly traditional nationalism and militarism with the main elements of Nazi ideology. Right up until the end of the war in 1945, it was Elert's conviction that the Gospel's doctrine of justification made it possible for German Lutherans unequivocally to serve the Nazi state, to support its total claims and its racial policy, and to endorse its conduct of the war. Elert's image of God, his teachings on the "orders of creation" or on the Law, his understanding of Christ or of Christian ethics, reflect his rigid militaristic ideas which remained fixed from 1914 to 1945, even though subject to important changes. At the end of this essay, the question is raised as to how typical or how ideosyncratic Elert's views were in the context of Lutheran theology. This examination of the existing sources leads to a significant revision of Elert's current reputation. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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