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Richard Steigmann-Gall (born October 3, 1965) is an Associate Professor of History at Kent State University, and the former Director of the Jewish Studies Program from 2004 to 2010.

Education

Steigmann-Gall received a BA in history in 1989, an MA in European History in 1992 from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in European History in 1999 from the University of Toronto.^[1]

Career

On September 30, 2009, Steigmann-Gall was featured on the History Channel in a sensationalist documentary discussing Hitler's religious views.^[2]^[3]

Since 2016, Steigmann-Gall has turned his attention to the question of fascism in the United States. He published a scholarly article named "Star-Spangled Fascism"^[4] in the journal Social History that explores the traditions of American historical writing and the ways in which the American far right in the period between World War I and II can be called fascist in spite of these traditions. For the last several years, he has turned to public commentary on the question of fascism in contemporary American politics. His articles on this can be found in Tikkun,^[5] the Huffington Post,^[6] Politico,^[7] and Jacobin.^[8]

The Holy Reich

In 2003, Steigmann-Gall published The Holy Reich through Cambridge University Press, which explored Nazi conceptions of Christianity. The Holy Reich argues that the Nazi Party was not anti-Christian as popularly understood, nor was it in any sense a paganist movement.^[9] Rather, Steigmann-Gall writes that many in the Nazi Party leadership believed themselves and their movement to be inherently Christian (positive Christianity).^[10]

The Holy Reich has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.^[11] A symposium on the book was published by the Journal of Contemporary History in 2007.^[11]

References

^ "Richard Steigmann-Gall | Kent State University". www.kent.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Hitler's Blood Oath" (2009). Nostradamus Effect. History. 30 September 2009. Clip 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
^ Kent State University (2011). "Faculty News." Department of History Newsletter (Spring): 12. "A particularly valuable lesson was learned when he agreed to appear in a History Channel documentary about Hitler. A pleasant March weekend in sunny Burbank, California left him feeling like a star but left him somewhat puzzled that the production team apparently had yet to come up with a title for the program. Two weeks before its premier last September, he finally got word: "The Nostradamus Effect: Hitler's Blood Oath"! Not anticipating becoming a talking head for one of the more sensationalistic theories about Hitler currently in circulation, he learned a valuable lesson about the limits of controlling your message."
^ Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2017-01-02). "Star-spangled fascism: American interwar political extremism in comparative perspective". Social History. 42 (1): 94–119. doi:10.1080/03071022.2016.1256592. ISSN 0307-1022.
^ "One Expert Says, Yes, Donald Trump is a Fascist. And It's Not Just Trump. - TikkunTikkun". www.tikkun.org. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Richard Steigmann-Gall | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ Magazine, Politico. "What Will History Books Say About 2018?". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Is Donald Trump a Fascist?". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). "Rethinking Nazism and Religion: How Anti-Christian Were the "Pagans"?". Central European History. 36 (1): 75–105. ISSN 0008-9389. JSTOR 4547272.
^ Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). The Holy Reich: Nazi conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 3.
^ ^a ^b Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). "Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A Response." Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine 42 (2): 185–211.

External links

Faculty Page at Kent University'
Dissertation: "The Holy Reich: Religious Dimensions of Nazi Ideology, 1919-1945" (1999)
Introduction to The Holy Reich - courtesy Cambridge University Press
Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A response to critics - by Richard Steigmann-Gall
Richard Steigmann-Gall Interview - by Stephen Crittenden, The Religion Report

[1] "Richard Steigmann-Gall | Kent State University". www.kent.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[2] "Hitler's Blood Oath" (2009). Nostradamus Effect. History. 30 September 2009. Clip 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

[3] Kent State University (2011). "Faculty News." Department of History Newsletter (Spring): 12. "A particularly valuable lesson was learned when he agreed to appear in a History Channel documentary about Hitler. A pleasant March weekend in sunny Burbank, California left him feeling like a star but left him somewhat puzzled that the production team apparently had yet to come up with a title for the program. Two weeks before its premier last September, he finally got word: "The Nostradamus Effect: Hitler's Blood Oath"! Not anticipating becoming a talking head for one of the more sensationalistic theories about Hitler currently in circulation, he learned a valuable lesson about the limits of controlling your message."

[4] Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2017-01-02). "Star-spangled fascism: American interwar political extremism in comparative perspective". Social History. 42 (1): 94–119. doi:10.1080/03071022.2016.1256592. ISSN 0307-1022.

[5] "One Expert Says, Yes, Donald Trump is a Fascist. And It's Not Just Trump. - TikkunTikkun". www.tikkun.org. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[6] "Richard Steigmann-Gall | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[7] Magazine, Politico. "What Will History Books Say About 2018?". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[8] "Is Donald Trump a Fascist?". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[9] Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). "Rethinking Nazism and Religion: How Anti-Christian Were the "Pagans"?". Central European History. 36 (1): 75–105. ISSN 0008-9389. JSTOR 4547272.

[10] Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). The Holy Reich: Nazi conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 3.

[JCH-11] Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). "Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A Response." Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine 42 (2): 185–211.

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-'''Richard Steigmann-Gall''' (born 1965) is Associate Professor of History at [[Kent State University]], and was the Director of the [[Jewish studies|Jewish Studies Program]] from 2004 to 2010. He received his BA in history in 1989 and MA in [[European History]] in 1992 from the [[University of Michigan]], and his PhD in European History in 1999 from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>[https://www.kent.edu/history/profile/richard-steigmann-gall Kent University official website]</ref> In 2003, he published ''The Holy Reich'' through [[Cambridge University Press]], which explored Nazi conceptions of [[Christianity]]. ''The Holy Reich'' argues that the [[Nazi Party]] was not [[Anti-Christian sentiment|anti-Christian]] as popularly understood, nor was it in any sense a [[Germanic Neopaganism|paganist]] movement.<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). [https://www.jstor.org/pss/4547272 "Rethinking Nazism and Religion: How Anti-Christian were the 'Pagans'?"] ''Central European History'' '''36''' (1): 75-105.</ref>
+{{advert|date=May 2019}}
-Exploring the concept of [[positive Christianity]], Steigmann-Gall writes that many in the [[Nazi Party]] [[List of Nazi Party leaders and officials|leadership]] believed themselves and their movement to be inherently [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RreXLeUG_AIC&printsec=frontcover The Holy Reich: Nazi conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945.]'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RreXLeUG_AIC&pg=PA3 p. 3.]</ref> He argues that point 24 of the [[National Socialist Program|Nazi Party Program]] of 1920—which states that "the party as such represents the point of view of a positive Christianity without binding itself to any one particular confession"—was according to Steigmann-Gall, "more than a political ploy."<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). ''The Holy Reich'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=XTxdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref> It was "central to the inner logic of their worldview."<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). ''The Holy Reich'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=XTxdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 p. 51]</ref> Steigmann-Gall also underscores the fact that some anti-Christian party members fought to "expunge Christian influence from Nazism" and the movement became "increasingly hostile to the churches".<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). ''The Holy Reich''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RreXLeUG_AIC&pg=PA13 pp. 13-50], [https://books.google.com/books?id=XTxdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA252 p. 252.]</ref>
+[[File:Richard Steigmann-Gall.jpg|thumb|Richard Steigmann-Gall]]
+'''Richard Steigmann-Gall''' (born October 3, 1965) is an [[Associate professor|Associate Professor]] of [[History]] at [[Kent State University]], and the former Director of the [[Jewish studies|Jewish Studies Program]] from 2004 to 2010.
-''The Holy Reich'' has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.<ref name="JCH">Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). [http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/Christianity_and_the_Nazi_Movement_Response.pdf "Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A Response."] '''42''' (2): 185–211.</ref> It has been reviewed widely,<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). [http://dept.kent.edu/jewish/PDF%20Files/ReviewsofTheHolyReich.pdf "The Holy Reich: reviews and interviews."] <www.dept.kent.edu>. Retrieved 11-29-2011.</ref> culminating in a symposium on the book published by the ''[[Journal of Contemporary History]]'' in 2007.<ref name="JCH"/> In a 2003 review of the book, historian [[John S. Conway (historian)|John S. Conway]] wrote that Steigmann-Gall made an "almost convincing case" and was "right to point out that there never was a consensus among the leading Nazis about the relationship between the Party and Christianity" but "Nazi Christianity was eviscerated of all the most essential orthodox dogmas. What remained was the vaguest impression combined with anti-Jewish prejudice."<ref>Conway, John S. (2003). [https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=7658 Review of Steigmann-Gall, Richard, ''The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945'']. H-German, H-Net Reviews, June.</ref>
+== Education ==
-On September 30, 2009 Steigmann-Gall was featured on the ''[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'' in a [[sensationalist]] documentary discussing [[Adolf Hitler's religious views|Hitler's religious views]].<ref>"Hitler's Blood Oath" (2009). ''[[Nostradamus Effect]]''.  History. 30 September 2009. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=7m27s Clip 1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=9m39s 2][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=15m45s 3][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=21m37s 4] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=23m53s 5][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=26m23s 6][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=36m09s 7]</ref><ref>
+Steigmann-Gall received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in history in 1989, an [[Master's degree|MA]] in [[European History]] in 1992 from the [[University of Michigan]], and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in European History in 1999 from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Steigmann-Gall {{!}} Kent State University |url=https://www.kent.edu/history/profile/richard-steigmann-gall |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.kent.edu |language=en}}</ref>
-[[Kent State University]] (2011). [http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/History-Department-Newsletter-January-2011.pdf "Faculty News."] ''Department of History Newsletter'' (Spring): 12. "A particularly valuable lesson was learned when he agreed to appear in a History Channel documentary about Hitler.  A pleasant March weekend in sunny Burbank, California left him feeling like a star, but left him somewhat puzzled that the production team apparently had yet to come up with a title for the program.  Two weeks before its premier last September, he finally got word: "The Nostradamus Effect: Hitler's Blood Oath"!  Not anticipating becoming a talking head for one of the more sensationalistic theories about Hitler currently in circulation, he learned a valuable lesson about the limits of controlling your message."</ref>
-==Notes and references==
+== Career ==
+On September 30, 2009, Steigmann-Gall was featured on the ''[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'' in a [[sensationalist]] documentary discussing [[Adolf Hitler's religious views|Hitler's religious views]].<ref>"Hitler's Blood Oath" (2009). ''[[Nostradamus Effect]]''.  History. 30 September 2009. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=7m27s Clip 1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=9m39s 2][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=15m45s 3][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=21m37s 4] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=23m53s 5][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=26m23s 6][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0D4ZnH49aI&t=36m09s 7]</ref><ref>
-{{reflist}}
+[[Kent State University]] (2011). [http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/History-Department-Newsletter-January-2011.pdf "Faculty News."] ''Department of History Newsletter'' (Spring): 12. "A particularly valuable lesson was learned when he agreed to appear in a History Channel documentary about Hitler.  A pleasant March weekend in sunny Burbank, California left him feeling like a star but left him somewhat puzzled that the production team apparently had yet to come up with a title for the program.  Two weeks before its premier last September, he finally got word: "The Nostradamus Effect: Hitler's Blood Oath"!  Not anticipating becoming a talking head for one of the more sensationalistic theories about Hitler currently in circulation, he learned a valuable lesson about the limits of controlling your message."</ref>
+Since 2016, Steigmann-Gall has turned his attention to the question of [[Fascism in North America|fascism in the United States]]. He published a scholarly article named "[[Star-Spangled Fascism]]"<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steigmann-Gall |first=Richard |date=2017-01-02 |title=Star-spangled fascism: American interwar political extremism in comparative perspective |journal=Social History |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=94–119 |doi=10.1080/03071022.2016.1256592 |issn=0307-1022|doi-access=free }}</ref> in the journal ''[[Social History (journal)|Social History]]'' that explores the traditions of American historical writing and the ways in which the [[Radical right (United States)|American far right]] in the period between World War [[World War I|I]] and [[World War II|II]] can be called [[Fascism|fascist]] in spite of these traditions. For the last several years, he has turned to public commentary on the question of fascism in contemporary American politics. His articles on this can be found in ''[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-05 |title=One Expert Says, Yes, Donald Trump is a Fascist. And It's Not Just Trump. - TikkunTikkun |url=https://www.tikkun.org/one-expert-says-yes-donald-trump-is-a-fascist-and-its-not-just-trump-2/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.tikkun.org |language=en-US}}</ref> the ''[[HuffPost|Huffington Post]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Steigmann-Gall {{!}} HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/rsteigma-784 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.huffpost.com |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Politico]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Politico |title=What Will History Books Say About 2018? |url=https://politi.co/2BGkZk8 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=POLITICO Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Jacobin]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is Donald Trump a Fascist? |url=https://jacobin.com/2015/12/donald-trump-fascism-islamophobia-nativism/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
+=== ''The Holy Reich'' ===
+In 2003, Steigmann-Gall published ''The Holy Reich'' through [[Cambridge University Press]], which explored [[Nazism|Nazi]] conceptions of [[Christianity]]. ''The Holy Reich'' argues that the [[Nazi Party]] was not [[Anti-Christian sentiment|anti-Christian]] as popularly understood, nor was it in any sense a [[Germanic Neopaganism|paganist]] movement.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steigmann-Gall |first=Richard |date=2003 |title=Rethinking Nazism and Religion: How Anti-Christian Were the "Pagans"? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4547272 |journal=Central European History |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=75–105 |jstor=4547272 |issn=0008-9389}}</ref> Rather, Steigmann-Gall writes that many in the [[Nazi Party]] [[List of Nazi Party leaders and officials|leadership]] believed themselves and their movement to be inherently Christian ([[positive Christianity]]).<ref>Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RreXLeUG_AIC The Holy Reich: Nazi conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945.]'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RreXLeUG_AIC&pg=PA3 p. 3.]</ref>
+''The Holy Reich'' has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.<ref name="JCH">Steigmann-Gall, Richard (2007). [http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/Christianity_and_the_Nazi_Movement_Response.pdf "Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A Response."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013212900/http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/Christianity_and_the_Nazi_Movement_Response.pdf |date=2013-10-13 }} '''42''' (2): 185–211.</ref> A [[symposium]] on the book was published by the ''[[Journal of Contemporary History]]'' in 2007.<ref name="JCH" />
 ==See also==
 * [[Adolf Hitler's religious views]]
-* [[German Christians]]
+* [[German Christians (movement)]]
 * [[Positive Christianity]]
 * [[Religion in Nazi Germany]]
 * [[Religious aspects of Nazism]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
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 *[https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/12631/1/NQ41317.pdf Dissertation: "The Holy Reich: Religious Dimensions of Nazi Ideology, 1919-1945"] (1999)
 *[http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/23715/sample/9780521823715ws.pdf Introduction to ''The Holy Reich''] - courtesy [[Cambridge University Press]]
-*[http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/Christianity_and_the_Nazi_Movement_Response.pdf Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A response to critics] - by Richard Steigmann-Gall
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131013212900/http://www.kent.edu/CAS/History/upload/Christianity_and_the_Nazi_Movement_Response.pdf Christianity and the Nazi Movement: A response to critics] - by Richard Steigmann-Gall
 *[http://www.pubtheo.com/page.asp?pid=1268 Richard Steigmann-Gall Interview] - by [[Stephen Crittenden]], ''The Religion Report''
-*[http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=7658 Review of ''The Holy Reich''] - by [[John S. Conway (historian)|John S. Conway]], author of ''The Nazi Persecution of the Churches 1933-45''
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-*[http://www.mconway.net/page1/page4/files/Nazism%20and%20Christianity.pdf Review of ''The Holy Reich'' "Nazism and Christianity: Partners and Rivals?"] - by Doris Bergen, author of ''Twisted Cross''
-*[http://www.mconway.net/page1/page4/files/Holy%20Reich.pdf Review of ''The Holy Reich''] - by Ernst Piper, ''[[Journal of Contemporary History]]''
-*[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/08/17/the_christian_nazis/ Review of ''The Holy Reich''] - by Christopher Shea, ''[[Boston Globe]]''
-*[http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/397 Review of ''The Holy Reich''] - [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=1721 PDF] - by Martyn Housden, ''Reviews in History''
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