Religion and the secular in Eastern Germany, 1945 to the present / edited by Esther Peperkamp, Malgorzata Rajtar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Society for the Sociology of Religion. Conference (2007 : Leipzig, Germany)

Contributor:

Peperkamp, Esther.

Rajtar, Magorzata.

Series:

Studies in Central European histories ; v. 51.

Studies in Central European histories ; v. 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularization--Germany (East)--Congresses.

Secularization.

Germany (East)--Church history--20th century--Congresses.

Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Church history--21st century--Congresses.

Germany (East)--Religion--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The radical process of religious change in eastern Germany poses a real challenge to social researchers. Common explanations view either the socialist past or larger scale processes of modernization to be the cause of eastern German secularization, but fail to address historical contingencies and individual agency. This book focuses on the interplay between local bureaucracies and individual lives. Contextualizing individual choices is essential in order to gain insight into how religious meaning is produced, reproduced, contested, discontinued, and disrupted. Bringing together the disciplines of anthropology, history, political science, and sociology, what unites the articles is their qualitative approach. The collection of articles lays out an impressive mosaic of the religious and the secular in the GDR and contemporary eastern Germany. Contributors are Irene Becci, Anja Frank, Uta Karstein, Anna Körs, Esther Peperkamp, Małgorzata Rajtar, Thomas Schmidt-Lux, Nikolai Vukov, Kirstin Wappler, and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar

Introduction / Esther Peperkamp and Ma Gorzata Rajtar

Chapter 1. Science As Religion: The Role Of Scientism In The Secularization Process In Eastern Germany / Thomas Schmidt-Lux

Chapter 2. Secular Rituals And Political Commemorations In Eastern Germany, 1945-1956 / Nikolai Vukov

Chapter 3. The Limits Of Politicization Of The Schools In The Sed State: The Catholic Eichsfeld Region And The Protestant Erzgebirge – A Comparison / Kirstin Wappler

Chapter 4. Positions And Pathways Of Families Within The Religious Field Of East Germany: Three Catholic Case Studies / Uta Karstein

Chapter 5. Between Menschlichkeit And Missionsbefehl: God, Work, And World Among Christians In Saxony / Esther Peperkamp

Chapter 6. Religious Socialization In A Secular Environment: Jehovah’s Witnesses In Eastern Germany / Ma Gorzata Rajtar

Chapter 7. Young Eastern Germans And The Religious And Ideological Heritage Of Their Parents And Grandparents / Anja Frank

Chapter 8. The Rehabilitation Of Ex-Offenders In Eastern Germany: A Religious-Secular Configuration / Irene Becci

Chapter 9. Church Buildings In Eastern Germany: Houses Of God Or Tourist Attractions? / Anna Körs

Conclusion: Dealing With Two Masters’ Commands – Explorations Of The Complexities Of Religious Life Under A Dictatorial Regime / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr

Index / E. Peperkamp and M. Rajtar.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78702-0

9786612787027

90-04-19052-X

OCLC:

668211618

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004184671.i-224 DOI