Liberalism and Fascism

Submitted by Prof. Irving Hexham (Canada), Jan 10, 2008 at 13:10

In her book New Religions and the Nazis, Oxford, Routledge, 2006, Karla Poewe identifies links between National Socialism and Liberalism. In particular she argues that Protestant Liberal Theology played a key role in creating National Socialism, both as a social movement and worldview.

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