Franklin Littel

Franklin H. Littel is an American Protestant scholar. He is known for his writings rejecting supersessionism and, in light of the Holocaust, advocated educational programs to improve relations between Christians and Jews. [cite book
title=The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography
first=Jack R.
last=Fischel
coauthors=Susan M. Ortmann
pages=290
year=2004
publisher=Praeger/Greenwood
isbn=0313309507] In his book "Historical Atlas of Christianity", first published in 1976, he maintains that many Christian churches failed to deal honestly with their complicity in the murder of European Jews. [cite book
last=Fischel
title=Op. cit.
pages=23] In his youth, he attended a Nazi rally in Nuremberg,cite book
last=Fischel
title=Op. cit.
pages=149] and he would later formulate, in a paper entitled "Holocaust and the Christians", that the lure of Nazism was caused by failures in Christian spirituality originating from the First Council of Nicea in 325 CE. He also wrote in theological support of Zionism. [cite web
url=http://mcc.org/respub/occasional/28.html
title=Constantinianism, Zionism, Diaspora: Toward a Political Theology of Exile and Return
first=Alain Epp
last=Weaver
publisher=Mennoite Central Committee]

See also

*Christian Zionism
*Religious antisemitism

References