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- catalog abstract "This book addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it examines the role played by the East German church in that country's bloodless revolution. Drawing on his own research in East Germany and relying primarily on sources published in East Germany itself, author John Burgess demonstrates the roots of the church's theology in Barth, Bonhoeffer, and in the Barmen declaration, which in 1934 pronounced Christianity and Nazi ideology to be incompatible. He explores how the dissident groups drew on church symbols and language to develop a popular alternative theology, and finally shows how the theological tension between the church and the dissidents provided impulses for political democratization. It should be of great interest to scholars of theology, church history, political science, and twentieth-century European history.".
- catalog contributor b10139717.
- catalog coverage "Germany (East) Church history.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "I. Church and state in context. The limits of dialogue : East German Marxist-Leninist thinkers and the future of religion -- The language of liberation : the church as a free space -- II. The church and the peaceful revolution. The church as a religious and political force -- Preparing for the fall : the church and its groups -- The shape and limits of the church's contributions to democratization -- III. The church and the new democratic order. Theologians and the renewal of democratic political institutions -- Coming to terms with the past : the church, the state, and the Stasi -- Church and politics in a secular world : the theology of Wolf Krötke -- Epilogue: After the wall.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-176) adn index.".
- catalog description "This book addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it examines the role played by the East German church in that country's bloodless revolution. Drawing on his own research in East Germany and relying primarily on sources published in East Germany itself, author John Burgess demonstrates the roots of the church's theology in Barth, Bonhoeffer, and in the Barmen declaration, which in 1934 pronounced Christianity and Nazi ideology to be incompatible. He explores how the dissident groups drew on church symbols and language to develop a popular alternative theology, and finally shows how the theological tension between the church and the dissidents provided impulses for political democratization. It should be of great interest to scholars of theology, church history, political science, and twentieth-century European history.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 185 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195110986 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany (East) Church history.".
- catalog spatial "Germany (East)".
- catalog subject "261.7/09431/09045 20".
- catalog subject "BR856.35 .B76 1997".
- catalog subject "Church and state Germany (East)".
- catalog subject "Communism and Christianity Germany (East)".
- catalog subject "Democracy Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Church and state in context. The limits of dialogue : East German Marxist-Leninist thinkers and the future of religion -- The language of liberation : the church as a free space -- II. The church and the peaceful revolution. The church as a religious and political force -- Preparing for the fall : the church and its groups -- The shape and limits of the church's contributions to democratization -- III. The church and the new democratic order. Theologians and the renewal of democratic political institutions -- Coming to terms with the past : the church, the state, and the Stasi -- Church and politics in a secular world : the theology of Wolf Krötke -- Epilogue: After the wall.".
- catalog title "The East German church and the end of communism / John P. Burgess.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "text".