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Karl Barth Famed theologian, Karl Barth expatriated to Switzerland. Known for Barmen Doctrine and outspoken stand against Hitler. |  |
Rudolf Bultmann Bultmann is known for the "Higher Criticism school of thought and the demythologizing(lesser views of miracles,e.g.) of the Gospels. An opponent of Hitler, Bultmann's views actually led to the weakening of the Church |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer Leader in the Confessing Church, he headed the German Evangelical church. Executed at Flossenberg |
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The Kittel Family
Translators of the Stuttgart Old Testament, Kittel made Anti-Semitism theologically acceptable in the German Christian Church |
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| Rheinhold Niebuhr
Niebuhr, an American Theologian wrote of the crisis of war in a Just Cause, decrying Hitler's actions. Social Gospel advocate |
| Peter Paul Althaus
While not ardently non-christian in doctrinal writings, Althaus' view gave platform to acceptance of planks of the National Socialists, bringing the German christian Church into an openness to Nazi policy in the Church.
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Pastor Niemoller
Known widely for his quote...First they came for the Jews, and I was not a Jew... leader in the German Evangelical Church and outspoken critic of Hitler.Imprisoned. |
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Karl Gustav Jung
Jung was not really a Christian Theologian but is included here because of his influence on 20th Century Christianity, and how the Church came to interpret scripture and Christ. |
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Paul Tillich: A German Christian theologian popular among existentialists , he decried Hitler as barbaric: expelled from Germany, expatriated to US |
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SorenKierkegaard A formidable Christian 'Existentialist' Kierkegaards writing would form pre-Nazi German Philosophical Approaches, and the creation of a 'neo-theology'. |
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Emmanuel Hirsch Emmanuel Hirsch, noted Theologian and Professor of Systematic Theology at Bonn was a Nazi Loyalist 1933-1945, losing favor in the Church later. |
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More to follow. |
