Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 19451980

Mark Edward Ruff re-examines the bitter controversies in the Federal Republic of Germany over the Catholic Church's relationship to the Nazis.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The first postwar anthologies, 1945-9; 2. The battles over the reichskonkordat, 1945-57; 3. Generation gaps and the Böckenförde controversy; 4. Gordon Zahn versus the German hierarchy; 5. The storm over the deputy; 6. Guenter Lewy and the battle for sources; 7. The Repgen-Scholder controversy; Conclusions.

About the author

Mark Edward Ruff is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at St Louis University, Missouri, and the author of The Wayward Flock: Catholic Youth in Postwar Germany, 1945–1965 (2005), and co-editor of Die Katholische Kirche im Dritten Reich (2011). He is the recent recipient of research fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation.

Summary

Were Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church in Germany unduly singled out for their conduct during the National Socialist era? Mark Edward Ruff explores the bitter controversies that broke out in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1945 to 1980 over the Catholic Church's relationship to the Nazis.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Edward Ruff, Mark Edward (St Louis University Ruff, Ruff Mark Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781107190665
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19066-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)