For much of his career, New Testament scholar and systematic theologian Heinrich Weinel promoted theological pluralism, progressive politics, and humanitarian ideals. However, near the end of his life he gave qualified support to the Deutsche Christen, a movement that sought to establish a “German Christianity” informed by Nazi ideology. Examination of Weinel’s published works, unpublished manuscripts, and private correspondence reveals that his support for the Deutsche Christen was a strategic compromise, driven by situational factors and limited ideological affinity rather than a thoroughgoing embrace of völkisch (populist/racist) Christianity. Weinel’s story represents one of many paths to complicity within the German churches during the Third Reich.

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从自由神学到福尔基施基督教？海因里希·韦内尔（Heinrich Weinel），德国人民报（Volkskirchenbund）和图林根州的教堂斗争

新约学者和系统神学家海因里希·魏纳尔（Heinrich Weinel）在其职业生涯的大部分时间里都提倡神学多元化，进步政治和人道主义理想。然而，在他生命接近尾声时，他对德国克里斯蒂安（Deutsche Christen）给予了有力的支持，该运动试图在纳粹意识形态的启发下建立“德国基督教”。对韦纳尔已发表的作品，未出版的手稿和私人信件的检查表明，他对德意志克里斯汀的支持是战略性的妥协，这是由形势因素和有限的意识形态亲和力驱动的，而不是对大众主义/种族主义基督教的彻底拥护。魏纳尔的故事代表了第三帝国时期德国教会内部同谋的众多途径之一。