Author: Richard W. SolbergPublisher: New York, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Germany (East)
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
God and Caesar in East Germany
Author: Richard W. SolbergPublisher: New York, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Germany (East)
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
God and Caesar in East Germany. The Conflicts of Church and State in East Germany Since 1945, Etc. [With Plates.].
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Author: Richard William SOLBERGGod and Caesar in East Germany
Author: Richard W. SolbergPublisher: New York, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Germany (East)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Protestants in Communist East Germany
Author: Wendy R. TyndalePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317074114
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is the story of how the Protestants in the GDR struggled to survive while striving to put their theology into practice and remaining true to their vision of what the role of the church should be - a 'church for others' as Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it. Having taken the reader from the foundation of the GDR, through the peaceful revolution, to the unification of Germany, the story ends with some reflections on the church's past as well as on the challenges it faces in present-day Europe. Protestants in Communist East Germany makes a unique contribution to existing literature by drawing not only on written sources but on a series of first-hand interviews with theologians, pastors and lay people of different ages whose experiences, views and analyses bring the story to life. The East German church's relationship to the state will probably always remain controversial and the vision for a different socialism in the GDR espoused by those involved in the peaceful revolution may now be considered illusory. Nevertheless, many of the issues raised by the Protestants in the GDR remain as vital challenges to the churches in Europe today. Foreword by Paul Oestreicher.
God Caesar and the Freedom of Religion
Author: Elizabeth WarrenPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462884121
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Summary of God, Caesar and the Freedom of Religion by Elizabeth Warren November 17, 2004This book is a distillation of the current practices of 191 national governments concerning their respect for the Human Right of freedom of religion. Its focus on the relationships between governments and religions reveals the relative political power of both. Religions are vital to societies. They give people a way to express their responses to the divine impulse. They form the basis for social order and morality. Since 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved by the United Nations, a majority of the nations of the world have approved it. The question presented by this book is, how well do the nations respect the right in practice? While a majority of the governments do respect the freedom of religion, some restrict the right of people to practice their religion through laws and administrative practices. Moreover, there are times when inter-religious rivalries get in the way of free expression of religion and lead to conflicts. Sometimes a benign religion comes to be used by militants who badly distort its message. Some religions become seekers after power, either with respect to each other or with respect to their governments. In at least one case, religion and government are one. The book is different from others that discuss freedom of religion in that it classifies 191 countries according to their governments' respect for freedom of religion in practice, using U. S. State Department reports and other sources. The focus of the book is political, not theological.
The Politics of Religion in Soviet-occupied Germany
Author: Sean Philip BrennanPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739151258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany illuminates the religious policies of the Soviet military authorities and their allies in the Socialist Unity Party in the Soviet zone, and more importantly, who devised these policies and how they implemented them. Brennan illustrates how the Soviet authorities recreated the Soviet zone along Stalinist lines with regard to religious policy, focusing on the Soviet zone, and in particular its most important province, Berlin-Brandenburg. This book also demonstrates how the church leaders responded to these policies, especially as they became increasingly antireligious. Book jacket.
Area Handbook for East Germany
Author: Eugene K. KeefePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germany (East).
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft
Author: Douglas JohnstonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195102802
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This collection of wide ranging case studies and theoretical pieces shows how religious or spiritual factors can play a helpful role in international relations. Written by a distinguished roster of scholars, this volume includes a foreword by Jimmy Carter and six maps.
Protestantism and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia
Author: Sabrina P. RametPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822312413
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Coming at a time of enormous transformations in the one-time Communist bloc, this volume provides a much-needed perspective on the significance of church-state relations in the renaissance of civil society in the region. The essays collected here accentuate the peculiarly political character of Protestantism within Communist systems. With few identifiable leaders, a multiplicity of denominations, and a tendency away from hierarchical structures, the Protestant churches presents a remarkably diverse pattern of church-state relations. Consequently, the longtime coexistence of Protestantism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union affords numerous examples of political accommodation and theological adaption that both reflect and foreshadow the dramatic changes of the 1990s. Based on extensive field research, including interviews with notable figures in the Protestant churches in the region, the essays in this volume address broad topics such as the church's involvment in environmentalism, pacifism, and other dissident movements, as well as issues particular to Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, (1949-1989), Hungary, Yugoslavia (1945-1991), Bulgaria, and Romania. The final volume in the three-volume work "Christianity Under Stress," Protestantism and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia will prove invaluable to anyone hoping to understand not only the workings of religion under Communism, but the historical and contemporary interactions of church and state in general. Contributors. Paul Bock, Lawrence Klippenstein, Paul Mojzes, Earl A. Pope, Joseph Pungur, Sabrina Petra Ramet, Walter Sawatsky, N. Gerald Shenk, Gerd Stricker, Sape A. Zylstra
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