 | Ecumenism, Memory, and German Nationalism, 1817-1917 Subjects: Christianity and politics -- Germany -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Germany -- Church history -- 19th century; Explores the relationship among the German confessional divide, collective memories of religion, and the construction of German national identity and difference. It argues that nineteenth-century proponents of church unity used and abused memories of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation to espouse German religious unity, which would then serve as a catalyst for German national unification. Stan M. Landry is a lecturer in history at Arizona State University. His work |
