Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte nach der Wende
The revolutionary changes in the former German Democratic Republic oblige us to raise the question as to why these were not forecast earlier — a fact which could also be seen in contemporary church historical research. One of the reasons was certainly the fixation in much of this research on the Naz...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1992
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 1992, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-93 |
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| Summary: | The revolutionary changes in the former German Democratic Republic oblige us to raise the question as to why these were not forecast earlier — a fact which could also be seen in contemporary church historical research. One of the reasons was certainly the fixation in much of this research on the Nazi period, and the consequent moralising tone of much of the work produced. This led to a reluctance to engage in more fundamental analysis, and to treating the experiences of the German Democratic Republic as peripheral in much of the contemporary church historical research so far. So too, this research was influenced by its rejection of theories of totalitarianism and by 'anti-Communism'. What is now needed is for contemporary church historical research to become more energetic in recognizing itself as a theological discipline and to draw the appropriate consequences. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
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