The East German church and the end of communism / / John P. Burgess

• Autore: Burgess John P. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 pages)
• Disciplina: 261.70943109045; 274.3082
• Soggetto topico: Church and state - Germany (East); Communism and Christianity - Germany (East); Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto geografico: Germany (East) Church history
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-176) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Sta; 8 Church and Politics in a Secular World: The Theology of Wolf Krötke; Epilogue: After the Wall; Notes; Indexsi
• Sommario/riassunto: Burgess explores how dissident groups in Eastern Europe drew on church symbols and language to develop a popular alternative theology and how the theological tension between the church and the dissidents provided impulses for political democratisation.
• Titolo autorizzato: The East German church and the end of communism
• ISBN: 0-19-773893-1; 1-280-45338-9; 0-19-535495-8; 0-585-32078-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954924703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.