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Religion and the secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present / edited by Esther Peperkamp, Malgorzata Rajtar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Central European histories ; v. 51.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004190528
  • 900419052X
  • 9789004184671
  • 9004184678
  • 1282787020
  • 9781282787025
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and the secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present.DDC classification:
  • 306.6/77431082 22
LOC classification:
  • BR856.35 .I58 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)338738

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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.