Sean Brennan

The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany

The Case of Berlin-Brandenburg 1945-1949

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780739151259
• ISBN-10: 0739151258
• Artikelnr.: 34011523

Autorenporträt

By Sean Brennan

Inhaltsangabe

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