Religion and the secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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Colección: | Studies in Central European histories ;
v. 51. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Copyright13;
- 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 8211; A Comparison
- 4. Positions and Pathways of Families within the Religious Field of East Germany: Three Catholic Case Studies
- 5. Between Menschlichkeit and Missionsbefehl: God, Work, and World among Christians in Saxony
- 6. Religious Socialization in a Secular Environment: Jehovahs 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 8211; Explorations of the Complexities of Religious Life under a Dictatorial Regime
- Index.