The Politics of Religion in Soviet Occupied Germany - The Case of Berlin-brandenburg 1945-1949

Informationen zum Autor By Sean Brennan Klappentext This book analyzes the relationship between Soviet military authorities, the East German Communists, and the leadership of the Protestant and Catholic Churches in the Soviet zone of Germany, especially its central province of Berlin-Brandenburg. It discusses how relations worsened between communist and church authorities as the Soviet zone was rebuilt as a German state on the Stalinist model from 1945 to 1949. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Preface 2 Abbreviations 3 Introduction 4 1. The Brown Dictatorship before the Red: The German Churches under National Socialism 5 2. The Question of the CDU and the Churches during the period of the "Antifascist Transformation"1945-1947 6 3. The Volkscongress Movement and the end of the CDU's political independence, December 1946 -October1949 7 4. 'Unity Schools are Secular Schools': The Struggle over religious education in the secondary schools of Berlin Brandenburg 8 5. The Competition between socialist and religious youth and women's organizations in Berlin-Brandenburg 9 6. The Conflict over charitable activity by the Evangelical and Catholic Churches in Berlin-Brandenburg 10 7. 'Christianity and Marxism are not in Opposition': The Propaganda Offensive in East Germany concerning "Religious Freedom" under Communism 11 8. The Allied Religious Affairs Committee and the impossibility of a united religious policy for Germany 12 Conclusion 13 Bibliography

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• Authors: Sean Brennan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739151259
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-5125-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, European History, Political Ideologies, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Political ideologies and movements, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State