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Authors: Paul Tillich, Ronald H. Stone, Matthew Lon Weaver, Ronald H. Stone (Editor), Matthew Lon Weaver
ISBN-13: 9780664257705, ISBN-10: 0664257704
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing
Date Published: May 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Paul Tillich

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Paul Tillich wrote more than 100 radio addresses that were broadcast into Nazi Germany from March 1942 through May 1944. The broadcasts - through Voice of America - were passionate and political pleas for Germans to recognize the horror of Hitler and to reject a morally and spiritually bankrupt government. Largely unknown in the United States, the broadcasts have been translated into English for the first time, and approximately half of them are presented in this book. German-speaking listeners heard Tillich's observations on anti-Semitism, the liberation of Europe, resistance to Hitler, and the meaning of Christian faith to war-torn Europe. Tillich urged the defeat of oppressive governments, the securing of the welfare of the European people, and the federation of Europe.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	The Question of the Jewish People: March 31, 1942	13
2	The Death and Resurrection of Nations: April 1942	17
3	Internal and External Freedom: April 20, 1942	21
4	Justice and Humanity: May 11, 1942	25
5	Goethe on Reverence: May 1942	29
6	The Ninth Anniversary of German Book Burning: May 18, 1942	32
7	Guilt and Innocence: June 8, 1942	36
8	The Tragic in the Evolution of History: August 14, 1942	41
9	The German Tragedy: August 1942	46
10	Bringing Germany to Political Maturity: August 28, 1942	51
11	The Intelligentsia and Germany's Conquest: September 4, 1942	56
12	How One Should View the Enemy: September 12, 1942	61
13	What Is Worth Defending?: October 6, 1942	66
14	Power Politics: October 13, 1942	71
15	The Punishment of War Criminals: October 20, 1942	76
16	Germany's Past, Present, and Future Fate: November 3, 1942	81
17	Dark Clouds Are Gathering: December 1942	86
18	Where Hope Lies This Advent Season: December 8, 1942	91
19	The Fourth War Christmas: December 15, 1942	95
20	A Guiding Light in the Darkness of the New Year: December 1942	100
21	Who Is Guilty?: January 1943	107
22	Mourning for Stalingrad: January 1943	111
23	The Tenth Anniversary of Hitler's Regime: February 1943	115
24	The Germanic Legacy: March 2, 1943	119
25	The Christian Legacy: March 8, 1943	124
26	The Human Legacy: March 16, 1943	128
27	Germany's Rebirth into the Human Race: March 23, 1943	132
28	"Tyrannical Power Has Limits": April 6, 1943	137
29	The Passion Story of Nazism: Palm Sunday 1943	141
30	The Tolling of Easter Bells: Easter Sunday 1943	145
31	Blindness Precedes Ruin: April 27, 1943	149
32	Fate and Guilt: May 18, 1943	154
33	Two Kinds of Defeatism: May 25, 1943	158
34	The Defeat of Nazi Belief: June 1, 1943	163
35	Nazism and the Ideals of the French Revolution: July 5, 1943	168
36	The Defeated Cheer the Victors: July 19, 1943	173
37	Collective Guilt: August 9, 1943	178
38	Guilt - Atonement - Expiation: August 16, 1943	183
39	Egyptian Plagues and German Plagues: September 1943	188
40	Puppets and Puppet Masters: September 20, 1943	193
41	To Whom Has Germany Surrendered?: September 24, 1943	198
42	Justice rather than Vengeance: November 9, 1943	203
43	Retribution Unparalleled: November 23, 1943	208
44	Breaking the Pact with the Nazis: November 30, 1943	212
45	A Soldier's Revealing Letter: December 27, 1943	217
46	Judgment as Redemption: January 31, 1944	225
47	Community in the Service of Power: February 15, 1944	229
48	Rebellion and Loyalty: March 21, 1944	233
49	A German Good Friday: March 28, 1944	237
50	The Ancient and Eternal Message of Easter: April 4, 1944	241
51	The Cost of Surrendering Freedom: April 18, 1944	245
52	Unbearable Waiting: April 24, 1944	249
53	Who Stands on the Side of Justice?: May 2, 1944	253
54	Fighting the Tyranny of Fear: May 9, 1944	257
55	One Hundred Speeches on Liberation from Nazism: March 7, 1944	261
	Index	269

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