The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945–1980

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Edward Ruff, Ruff Mark Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781316640760
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64076-0
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 155 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: 25 b/w illus., Raster,schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• 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)