East German Church and the End of Communism

Zusatztext ...this is a highly informative and well-reflected book examining a sample of East German Protestant theology before and after 1989. Klappentext 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. Although some scholars and political commentators have noted thatthe East German church provided a free space in which dissident groups could meet! they have neither described nor assessed the theology that guided the church's political involvement. Drawing on his own research in East Germany and relying primarily on sources published in East Germany itself! JohnBurgess 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. Zusammenfassung Burgess addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989! focusing particularly on the role played by the East German Church in that country's bloodless revolution.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John P. Burgess, John P. (Associate for Theology Burgess, Burgess John P.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780195110982
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511098-2
• Pages: 200
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories politiques et histoire des idées; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Eastern Europe, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Political science & theory, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Political science and theory, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions