LEADER 02969nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910455472403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-45338-9 010 $a0-19-535495-8 010 $a0-585-32078-0 035 $a(CKB)111004366528016 035 $a(EBL)272893 035 $a(OCoLC)476013174 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142589 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142589 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097157 035 $a(PQKB)11132338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272893 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278787 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL45338 035 $a(OCoLC)466428464 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366528016 100 $a19960702d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe East German church and the end of communism$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn P. Burgess 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-511098-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-176) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Stasi 327 $a8 Church and Politics in a Secular World: The Theology of Wolf Kro?tkeEpilogue: 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; Y 330 $aBurgess 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. 606 $aChurch and state$zGermany (East) 606 $aCommunism and Christianity$zGermany (East) 606 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 607 $aGermany (East)$xChurch history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aCommunism and Christianity 615 0$aDemocracy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a261.70943109045 676 $a274.3082 700 $aBurgess$b John P.$f1954-$0906648 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455472403321 996 $aThe East German church and the end of communism$92027791 997 $aUNINA