If Protestantism hadn't suffered the internal erosion of its orthodox substance in the long devolution that began with Kant and the Enlightenment, he suggests, it might have been less vulnerable to the ideological blandishments of National Socialism and its promise of a German national rebirth. (firstthings.com)
In those days of national rebirth, politicians and clergy alike focused on the moral renewal of the nation. (religion-online.org)
This belief in national rebirth also opposes tradition; which attempts to return to an imagined past, and should not be confused with fascist veneration of their culture. (politics.stackexchange.com)