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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829021003321

Autore

Brennan Sean (Sean Philip), <1979->

Titolo

The politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany : the case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949 / / Sean Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-280-65894-0

9786613635877

0-7391-5127-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Classificazione

8,1

Disciplina

322/.109431509044

Soggetti

Christianity and politics - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Christianity and politics - Germany - Brandenburg - History - 20th century

Communism and Christianity - Germany - Berlin - History

Communism and Christianity - Germany - Brandenburg - History

Berlin (Germany) Church history

Brandenburg (Germany) Church history 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The brown dictatorship before the red: the German churches under national socialism -- The question of the CDU and the churches during the period of the "antifascist transformation, "1945-1947 -- The Volkscongress movement and the end of the CDU's political independence, December 1946 -October1949 -- "Unity schools are secular schools": the struggle over religious education in the secondary schools of Berlin Brandenburg -- The competition between socialist and religious youth and women's organizations in Berlin-Brandenburg -- The conflict over charitable activity by the evangelical and Catholic churches in Berlin-Brandenburg -- "Christianity and Marxism are not in opposition": the propaganda offensive in East Germany concerning "religious freedom" under communism -- The Allied Religious Affairs Committee and the impossibility of a united religious policy for Germany.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the religious policies of the Soviet military



authorities and their allies in the Socialist Unity Party in the Soviet zone, but more importantly, who devised them, how they did so, and how they attempted to implement them. In doing so, it illustrates how the Soviet authorities recreated the Soviet zone along Stalinist lines with regards to religious policy, a process which they implemented throughout all of Eastern Europe as well in East Germany. While I examine how these policies were devised, I place greater emphasis on their implementation in the Soviet zone, especially