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- Title
Gerhard Kittel and Judentum III. Judentum und Christentum (RGG² 1929): A Critical Discourse Analysis.
- Authors
Pardon, Anne-Catherine
- Abstract
In order to determine if an ideology based on discrimination and antisemitism underlies Gerhard Kittel's entire corpus or only his work from 1933 onwards, an in-depth examination of his pre-1933 work is necessary. Hence, the goal of this paper is to examine, through a first-time critical discourse analysis (CDA), the presence of apartheid and antisemitic thinking in Kittel's 1929 contribution of Judentum III: Judentum und Christentum to the 2nd edition of Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG). In the first part of this paper, the RGG as well as the context and person of the theologian are briefly examined. Subsequently, a structural and thematic analysis is applied to the entry, paying attention also to rhetorical linguistics and transtextuality. In the last part, the data are interpreted, leading to the conclusion that although Kittel's entry gives evidence of both a positive and a negative appreciation of the relationship between the two religions, sufficient evidence is obtained through CDA to consider it as an antithetical unity, containing plural examples of religious antisemitism. Moreover, the contribution is driven by a strong dualistic conception, leading to the inevitable and irreconcilable separation of Judaism and Christianity, with Judaism finding its end as the climax. Revealing how apartheids and antisemitic thinking is already present in 1929, this paper provides additional proof for research arguing for discriminative thought being the common thread in the oeuvre of the theologian.
- Subjects
ANTISEMITISM; KITTEL, Gerhard; CHRISTIANITY
- Publication
Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte: Internationale Zeitschrift für Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft, 2020, Vol 33, Issue 1, p140
- ISSN
0932-9951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/kize.2020.33.1.140