Religion, State and Society in the Transformations of the Twentieth Century: Modernization, Innovation and Decline

ISBN-13: 9783825809805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 360 str.

Gerhard Besier

Opis

The established churches and religious communities were deeply involved in the transition processes of the twentieth century. During the National Socialism as well as during the Cold War Christian religious communities were often used as political pawns. In both cases, National Socialism and Communism, the church leadership worked closely with the repressive Systems and tried to win the people over to the dictatorships' ideologies.

O autorze

Gerhard Besier, geboren 1947, ist Theologe, Psychologe und Historiker. Von 1987 - 2003 Professor an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Berlin und an der Universität Heidelberg. Seit 2003 Direktor des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung an der TU Dresden. Fachveröffentlichungen.