03673nam 2200649 a 450 991082902100332120200520144314.01-280-65894-097866136358770-7391-5127-4(CKB)2670000000155031(EBL)862638(OCoLC)778339883(SSID)ssj0000614496(PQKBManifestationID)12220727(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614496(PQKBWorkID)10604795(PQKB)10168983(MiAaPQ)EBC862638(Au-PeEL)EBL862638(CaPaEBR)ebr10554845(CaONFJC)MIL363587(EXLCZ)99267000000015503120110725d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany the case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949 /Sean BrennanLanham, Md. Lexington Books20111 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-5125-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, especiallyChristianity and politicsGermanyBerlinHistory20th centuryChristianity and politicsGermanyBrandenburgHistory20th centuryCommunism and ChristianityGermanyBerlinHistoryCommunism and ChristianityGermanyBrandenburgHistoryBerlin (Germany)Church historyBrandenburg (Germany)Church history1945-Christianity and politicsHistoryChristianity and politicsHistoryCommunism and ChristianityHistory.Communism and ChristianityHistory.322/.1094315090448,1ssgnBrennan Sean(Sean Philip),1979-1637480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829021003321The politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany3979331UNINA