ISBN:
9789004190528
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Studies in Central European histories v. 51
Series Statement:
Brill ebook titles
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Religion and the Secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present
DDC:
306.6/77431082
Keywords:
Secularization Congresses
;
Germany (East) Congresses Church history 20th century
;
Germany (East) Congresses Church history 21st century
;
Germany (East) Congresses Religion
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar -- Introduction /Esther Peperkamp and Ma Gorzata Rajtar -- Chapter 1. Science As Religion: The Role Of Scientism In The Secularization Process In Eastern Germany /Thomas Schmidt-Lux -- Chapter 2. Secular Rituals And Political Commemorations In Eastern Germany, 1945-1956 /Nikolai Vukov -- Chapter 3. The Limits Of Politicization Of The Schools In The Sed State: The Catholic Eichsfeld Region And The Protestant Erzgebirge – A Comparison /Kirstin Wappler -- Chapter 4. Positions And Pathways Of Families Within The Religious Field Of East Germany: Three Catholic Case Studies /Uta Karstein -- Chapter 5. Between Menschlichkeit And Missionsbefehl: God, Work, And World Among Christians In Saxony /Esther Peperkamp -- Chapter 6. Religious Socialization In A Secular Environment: Jehovah’s Witnesses In Eastern Germany /Ma Gorzata Rajtar -- Chapter 7. Young Eastern Germans And The Religious And Ideological Heritage Of Their Parents And Grandparents /Anja Frank -- Chapter 8. The Rehabilitation Of Ex-Offenders In Eastern Germany: A Religious-Secular Configuration /Irene Becci -- Chapter 9. Church Buildings In Eastern Germany: Houses Of God Or Tourist Attractions? /Anna Körs -- Conclusion: Dealing With Two Masters’ Commands – Explorations Of The Complexities Of Religious Life Under A Dictatorial Regime /Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Index /E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar.
Abstract:
The radical process of religious change in eastern Germany poses a real challenge to social researchers. Common explanations view either the socialist past or larger scale processes of modernization to be the cause of eastern German secularization, but fail to address historical contingencies and individual agency. This book focuses on the interplay between local bureaucracies and individual lives. Contextualizing individual choices is essential in order to gain insight into how religious meaning is produced, reproduced, contested, discontinued, and disrupted. Bringing together the disciplines of anthropology, history, political science, and sociology, what unites the articles is their qualitative approach. The collection of articles lays out an impressive mosaic of the religious and the secular in the GDR and contemporary eastern Germany. Contributors are Irene Becci, Anja Frank, Uta Karstein, Anna Körs, Esther Peperkamp, Małgorzata Rajtar, Thomas Schmidt-Lux, Nikolai Vukov, Kirstin Wappler, and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004184671.i-224
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