02969nam 2200649Ia 450 991045547240332120200520144314.01-280-45338-90-19-535495-80-585-32078-0(CKB)111004366528016(EBL)272893(OCoLC)476013174(SSID)ssj0000142589(PQKBManifestationID)11153260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142589(PQKBWorkID)10097157(PQKB)11132338(MiAaPQ)EBC272893(Au-PeEL)EBL272893(CaPaEBR)ebr10278787(CaONFJC)MIL45338(OCoLC)466428464(EXLCZ)9911100436652801619960702d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe East German church and the end of communism[electronic resource] /John P. BurgessNew York Oxford University Pressc19971 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511098-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-176) and index.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 Stasi8 Church and Politics in a Secular World: The Theology of Wolf KrötkeEpilogue: After the Wall; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YBurgess 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.Church and stateGermany (East)Communism and ChristianityGermany (East)DemocracyReligious aspectsChristianityGermany (East)Church historyElectronic books.Church and stateCommunism and ChristianityDemocracyReligious aspectsChristianity.261.70943109045274.3082Burgess John P.1954-906648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455472403321The East German church and the end of communism2027791UNINA