Drawing on extensive archival research, this study of Protestantism in Strasbourg (1870a "1914) rethinks traditional understandings of the relationship between religion and European urban modernity. Not only did the city's faith communities exploit modern means to promote the faith, but they also sought to make the community itself more modern.
Drawing on extensive archival research, this study of Protestantism in Strasbourg (1870a "1914) rethinks traditional understandings of the relationshi...
In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in East Berlin by the rise of the Berlin Wall while on a summer visit to her parents, she found herself trapped behind the Iron Curtain for the next twenty-eight years.
Kuczynski's fascinating memoir relates her experiences of life in East Germany as a student, a fledgling academic philosopher, an independent writer, and, above all, as a woman. Though she was never a true believer in Communism, Rita gained entry into the circles of the East...
In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in Ea...
In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in East Berlin by the rise of the Berlin Wall while on a summer visit to her parents, she found herself trapped behind the Iron Curtain for the next twenty-eight years.
Kuczynski's fascinating memoir relates her experiences of life in East Germany as a student, a fledgling academic philosopher, an independent writer, and, above all, as a woman. Though she was never a true believer in Communism, Rita gained entry into the circles of the East...
In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in Ea...
This handbook offers a guide to research on religious culture during Europe's long 19th century. It is organized around the concept of "religious culture".This focus encourages assessments of the evolution of religious belief & promotes attention to religion's changing role in the formation of personal and group identities, the shifting ties between faith and politics, and the religious motivations for social engagement.
This handbook offers a guide to research on religious culture during Europe's long 19th century. It is organized around the concept of "religious c...
