The Lasting Impact of the ‘Sociological Moment’ on the Churches’ Discourse of ‘Secularization’ in West Germany
This paper focuses on the effect of the religious sociology on the churches’ discourse of “secularization.” The research results refer to transformations within the Catholic and Protestant Church(es) in West Germany since the 1950s. At this point the purpose is not to give comprehensive insight into...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 157-176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Germany (Bundesrepublik)
/ Church
/ Religious sociology
/ Secularism
/ Discourse
/ History 1950-1990
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBB German language area |
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Secularization
West German Churches
Sociological Moment
Islam
“secular religion”
“religious revival”
Eberhard Stammler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Paul Tillich
Friedrich Gogarten
Trutz Rendtorff
Johann Baptist Metz
Eberhard Müller
Norbert Greinacher
Dorothee Sölle
Peter L. Berger
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| Summary: | This paper focuses on the effect of the religious sociology on the churches’ discourse of “secularization.” The research results refer to transformations within the Catholic and Protestant Church(es) in West Germany since the 1950s. At this point the purpose is not to give comprehensive insight into that topic. Rather, a few general trends are to be considered here. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00902006 |