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Identifier	Thesis 1581
Author	Burton, Kathleen M
Title	The Christian resistance in France during the Second World War : its uniqueness and obscurity / Kathleen M. Burton
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2000
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The Christian resistance in France fought an energetic and indispensable struggle against Nazism in a variety of ways. It is the purpose of this thesis to illuminate this struggle in its uniqueness of origin, and in its silent legacy. This resistance movement, from its inception, was one of Christian faith catalyzed by patriotic scope. This thesis will contribute to clarifying aspects of the Christian resistance and crediting its role in the fight against Nazi Germany. The Christian resistance in France during the second world war is still little known mainly for two reasons. Firstly, recent research concerning the official collaboration of the Catholic Church and, to a lesser degree, the Protestant churches, with Hitler's regime has come to light. The official stance of the churches with the Vichy government has sparked the interest of researchers, but acts as a block to any light that can be shed on the reality of the clandestine Christian resistance. Secondly, one can recognize the existence of a misplaced humility in the Christian attitude which at times will not attribute merit for acts accomplished in unison with divine grace, but will defer instead entirely to that grace. This humility, while meritorious in its selflessness, has left the accomplishments and travails of the Christian resistance largely in obscurity until recent years. The Christian resistance in France is a subject that seems to be of recent interest to the French public reflected in the publication of a selection of books concerning the religious history of the war in France. Judging by these recently published books (not yet in translation in the United States), there is, at this time, a growing desire to know and examine more closely the Christian resistance. This thesis will recognize its sacrifices and struggles as well as its work and accomplishments. It is hoped that a contribution will be made to bring an end to the silence surrounding this active Christian engagement in the fight against Nazism. This study will not attempt to present a political perspective of the Christian resistance. On the contrary, this resistance was born outside of the political sphere and its development began well before the armistice in 1940. It is on the spiritual plane that the resistance was born in order to confront the neno-pagan origins and the fundamental anti-Christian views of Nazism. An in-depth examination of the collaborationist stance of the Catholique or Protestant churches will not be contained in this treatise either except for incidental references. It will obviously be necessary to speak of the official position of the established churches, however, their collaboration with the Vichy government is the subject of a variety of recent books and it beyond the field of this study. This treatise will limit itself to the Christian resistance, but will refer to the Jewish resistance as well since there was a coordination between the two resistance movements in order to save the Jews of France. However, the Jewish resistance, spiritual also in origin, but different in its course and destiny because of the gravity of the Nazi persecution, has been the topic of a number of works, and, because of the limits of this analysis, will not be included as an integral part. The French Christian resistance is unique in its inception because it began with the warnings of German theologians following their analysis of the anti-religious nature of Nazism and the incidents of Christian persecution in Germany once Hitler came to power in 1933. Therefore, it is essential to begin with a study of these writings in order to comprehend the spiritual inspiration of the members of the French Christian resistance who learned of the German precedents and tried to prepare for the same eventualities in France. The first chapter of this thesis will examine this unique beginning. The development of the Christian resistance will show the challenge of the resistance groups with the collaboration of the official churches. The Catholics and the Protestants faced this confusion but to differing degrees. This development will be the topic for chapter two. The Christian resistance knew a variety of successes, but was not without its own dangerous risks and sacrifices. Both will be presented and examined in chapter three. Finally, in its conclusion, this thesis will address the silence that has surrounded this aspect of France's religious history during the war and will examine its causes.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Department	Department of Modern Languages
Advisor	Rohinsky, Marie-Claire
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	fre
OCLC number	45218726
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