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The wayward flock : Catholic youth in postwar West Germany, 1945-1965 / by Mark Edward Ruff.
Van Pelt Library BX2347.8.Y7 R84 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruff, Mark Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Germany--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Church work with youth--Germany--History--20th century.
- Church work with youth.
- Youth--Religious life--Germany--History--20th century.
- Youth.
- Youth--Religious life.
- History.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 284 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Ruff examines theories of secularization and religious change in West Germany from the 1940s to the 1960s, looking particularly at the erosion of a network of Catholic youth organizations.
- Contents:
- Generation gaps: Catholic youth work and the dialogue with the past
- Where the boys are: Catholic youth groups and the competition of mass entertainment and modern culture
- Where have all the young girls gone?
- Youth work in the industrial heartland: the CAJ and Kolping in the Archdiocese of Cologne
- The Catholic rural youth movement in the Rhineland and lower Franconia
- A league of their own: the DJK civil war and the collapse of Catholic integralism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807829145
- OCLC:
- 55671235
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