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In the search for the deeper causes of the 'War to end all wars'
the reading public has been presented with countless titles by
military, diplomatic and intellectual historians. Some of these
have, however, been motivated by a desire to show how their authors
would have preferred the past events to have been, so as to promote
some present-day agenda. This is the fallacy of 'presentism'. John
Moses was trained at the Universities of Munich and Erlangen by
professors committed to the Rankean tradition of showing 'how it
actually was', as far as humanly possible, based on diligent
archival research and with the strictest objectivity and emotional
detachment. Consequently, both Moses and Overlack have been at
pains to identify the essential peculiarity of the Kaiser's Germany
and have focused sharply on the question of how its war planning
impinged on Australasia.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German
Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican
priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of
Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression
of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Bonhoeffer gradually recognized
the ways in which the intellectual and religious traditions of his
own class - the Bildungsburgertum - were enabling Nazi evil. In
response, he offered a religiously inspired call to political
opposition and Christian witness-which cost him his life. The
author investigates Bonhoeffer's stance in terms of his
confrontation with the legacy of Hegelianism and Neo-Rankeanism,
and by highlighting Bonhoeffer's intellectual and spiritual
journey, shows how his endeavor to politicially reeducate the
German people must be examined in theological terms.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German
Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican
priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of
Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression
of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Bonhoeffer gradually recognized
the ways in which the intellectual and religious traditions of his
own class - the Bildungsburgertum - were enabling Nazi evil. In
response, he offered a religiously inspired call to political
opposition and Christian witness-which cost him his life. The
author investigates Bonhoeffer's stance in terms of his
confrontation with the legacy of Hegelianism and Neo-Rankeanism,
and by highlighting Bonhoeffer's intellectual and spiritual
journey, shows how his endeavor to politicially reeducate the
German people must be examined in theological terms.
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