LEADER 03700nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910789976503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-65894-0 010 $a9786613635877 010 $a0-7391-5127-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155031 035 $a(EBL)862638 035 $a(OCoLC)778339883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000614496 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12220727 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614496 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10604795 035 $a(PQKB)10168983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC862638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL862638 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554845 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363587 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155031 100 $a20110725d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany$b[electronic resource] $ethe case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949 /$fSean Brennan 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-5125-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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 606 $aChristianity and politics$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChristianity and politics$zGermany$zBrandenburg$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunism and Christianity$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 606 $aCommunism and Christianity$zGermany$zBrandenburg$xHistory 607 $aBerlin (Germany)$xChurch history 607 $aBrandenburg (Germany)$xChurch history$y1945- 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory 615 0$aCommunism and Christianity$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism and Christianity$xHistory. 676 $a322/.109431509044 686 $a8,1$2ssgn 700 $aBrennan$b Sean$g(Sean Philip),$f1979-$01566250 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789976503321 996 $aThe politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany$93836628 997 $aUNINA