ISBN:
9004184678
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9789004184671
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 224 p)
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map
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in Central European histories v. 51
Parallel Title:
Print version Religion and the Secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present
DDC:
306.6/77431082
Keywords:
Secularization Congresses
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Germany (East) Congresses Church history 21st century
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Germany (East) Congresses Church history 20th century
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Germany (East) Congresses Religion
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Electronic books Church history
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Conference proceedings
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 2007
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Church history
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Conference papers and proceedings
Abstract:
The most common explanations view either the socialist past or larger scale processes of modernization to be the cause of eastern German secularization. The volume attempts to discover historically variable reconfigurations of religion and the secular at the local level
Description / Table of Contents:
Religion and the Secular in Eastern Germany; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Map of eastern Germany; Introduction; 1. Science as Religion: The Role of Scientism in the Secularization Process in Eastern Germany; 2. Secular Rituals and Political Commemorations in Eastern Germany, 1945-1956; 3. The Limits of Politicization of the Schools in the SED State: The Catholic Eichsfeld Region and the Protestant Erzgebirge - A Comparison; 4. Positions and Pathways of Families within the Religious Field of East Germany: Three Catholic Case Studies
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Between Menschlichkeit and Missionsbefehl: God, Work, and World among Christians in Saxony6. Religious Socialization in a Secular Environment: Jehovah's Witnesses in Eastern Germany; 7. Young Eastern Germans and the Religious and Ideological Heritage of their Parents and Grandparents; 8. The Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders in Eastern Germany: A Religious-Secular Configuration; 9. Church Buildings in Eastern Germany: Houses of God or Tourist Attractions?; Conclusion: Dealing with Two Masters' Commands - Explorations of the Complexities of Religious Life under a Dictatorial Regime; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
