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Burgess John P. <1954-> |
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Titolo |
The East German church and the end of communism / / John P. Burgess |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773893-1 |
1-280-45338-9 |
0-19-535495-8 |
0-585-32078-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Church and state - Germany (East) |
Communism and Christianity - Germany (East) |
Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Germany (East) Church history |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-176) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; I: CHURCH AND STATE IN CONTEXT; 1 The Limits of Dialogue: East German Marxist-Leninist Thinkers and the Future of Religion; 2 The Language of Liberation: The Church as a Free Space; II: THE CHURCH AND THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION; 3 The Church as a Religious and Political Force; 4 Preparing for the Fall: The Church and Its Groups; 5 The Shape and Limits of the Church's Contributions to Democratization; III: THE CHURCH AND THE NEW DEMOCRATIC ORDER; 6 Theologians and the Renewal of Democratic Political Institutions; 7 Coming to Terms with the Past: The Church, the State, and the Sta; 8 Church and Politics in a Secular World: The Theology of Wolf Krötke; Epilogue: After the Wall; Notes; Indexsi |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Burgess explores how dissident groups in Eastern Europe drew on church symbols and language to develop a popular alternative theology and how the theological tension between the church and the dissidents provided impulses for political democratisation. |
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