Title Saving the forsaken : religious culture and the rescue of Jews in Nazi Europe / Pearl M. Oliner ; with statistical analysis by Jeanne Wielgus and Mary B. Gruber.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale, [2004]
	©2004

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.
Contents	Religion and culture -- The very religious -- The irreligious -- The moderately religious : the mildly and somewhat religious -- Protestants -- Catholics -- Patterns and predictors -- Culture and outgroup altruism.
Summary	Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruistic towards outsiders than those who are less religious? In this book Pearl M. Oliner examines data on Christian rescuers and nonrescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to shed light on these important questions.
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Subject	Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Attitudes.
	Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
	Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Psychology.
	Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Psychology.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
	Jews rescue (World War) (1939-1945)
	Altruism.
	Altruism.
	Motivation (Psychology)
	Motivation (Psychology)
	Religion and culture.
	Religion and culture.
	Personality and culture.
	Personality and culture.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Oliner, Pearl M. Saving the forsaken. New Haven : Yale, ©2004 (DLC) 2004059403
ISBN	9780300130409 (electronic book)
	0300130406 (electronic book)
	0300100639
	9780300100631