Nordic ideology between religion and scholarship / Horst Junginger, Andreas Åkerlund (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : Nordic Ideology, Religion and Scholarship / Horst Junginger and Andreas Åkerlund -- The Notions Völkisch and Nordic : A Conceptual Approximation / Uwe Puschner -- Nordic Ideology in the SS and the SS Ahnenerbe / Horst Junginger -- The Eddic Myth between Academic and Religious Interpretations / Debora Dusse -- Charisma, Authority and Heil : Walter Baetke and the Chasm of 1945 / Bernard Mees -- The Great God's Oldest Runes / Luitgard Löw -- "Luthers Kampf gegen die Juden" : A völkisch Reception of Luther's View of the Jews / Anders Gerdmar -- Völkisch Thought in Sweden : The Manhem Society and the Quest for National Enlightenment 1934-44 / Lena Berggren -- Nordic Studies in National Socialist Germany : A Possible Career Path for Swedish Academics / Andreas Åkerlund -- Sven Hedin and German Scholars : The Cases of Wilhelm A. Unkrig and Ferdinand Lessing / Hartmut Walravens -- The Holy City of Lhasa : Dream and Destination for Sven Hedin and Ernst Schäfer / Isrun Engelhardt -- The Use of Theories of Religion in Contemporary Asatru / Stefanie v. Schnurbein -- Photographs of Wirth's Excursions to Sweden -- Summary of "The Great God's Oldest Runes." "Fimbultý's Prehistoric Runes (Voluspá 60) / Herman Wirth.