End Of Illusions

I The Peacemakers

A Road Away From War
Albert W. Palmer
Putting Christianity In Cold Storage
Albert W. Palmer
On Saving Civilization
Charles Clayton Morrison
What Can America Do For Peace?
Charles Clayton Morrison
A War For Imperialism
Charles Clayton Morrison
The Same Old War
John Haynes Holmes
The Causes Of War–Hitler
John Haynes Holmes
Nazi Atrocities And The American War Fever
Paul L. Blakely
All Will Be Lost By War
Paul L. Blakely
A Clash Of Imperialisms
Ernest Fremon Tittle
What Can Christians Do?
Georgia Harkness
What, Then, Should Churches Do?
Georgia Harkness
Keeping Christ Above The Strife
Harry Emerson Fosdick
II The Prophets

An End To Illusions
Reinhold Niebuhr
Why The Church Is Not Pacifist
Reinhold Niebuhr
Christian Faith And The World Crisis
Reinhold Niebuhr
First Letter To The French Protestants
Karl Barth
Second Letter To The French Protestants
Karl Barth
A Letter To Great Britain
Karl Barth
Five Mournful Years For Jewry
Stephen S. Wise
Enemy Of Human Freedom
Stephen S. Wise
The Crime Of Crimes
Stephen S. Wise
The Darkest Political Tyranny
John Bennett
Irresponsible Idealism
Henry P. Van Dusen
The Christian As Citizen
Henry P. Van Dusen
Defending Justice Despite Our Own Injustice
Lynn Harold Hough
The Barbarian Alternative
Lewis Mumford
The Aftermath Of Utopianism
Lewis Mumford
III The Gathering Storm

War And Peace

America’s Responsibility In The Present Crisis

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The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature–America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe, and religious leaders across the nation vehemently debated how to confront Nazi Germany.

In The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler’s Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and passionately present their arguments for going to war or maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem of evil, and America’s role in the world. These urgently written pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed clarity and poignancy