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“If I were raised in an evil social system, would I be able to recognize it and condemn it, or would I be a well-adjusted citizen happy with the status quo?”

That is the question raised in the film “Theologians Under Hitler,” based on the 1985 book by Robert P. Ericksen. The film’s director, Steven D. Martin, will be part of a panel discussion following a showing of his film on Tuesday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Church of the Savior at 934 Weisgarber Road.

According to film critic Cliff Vaughn of www.Ethicsdaily.com, this 64 minute documentary “focuses on three prominent men of faith who come to ally themselves with the Nazi party, and how these respected German theologians of the day embraced Adolf Hilter’s ideology and spun it for the German people.”

Author Robert P. Ericksen states that “if you looked around the university community, you almost could not find real resistance to the Nazi state. If you looked in the church, you didn’t find much resistance.” Ericksen’s book and Martin’s film also will give readers/viewers a reason to question whether current theologians would do any better when faced with a similar crisis.”

This even is sponsored by the Knoxville Ministerial Association. For more information, please contact Chris Buice at 281-9759.