"Politische Religion": zur Herkunft eines Interpretationsmodell totalitärer Ideologien

‘Political religion’ as an analytical model was not first introduced by Voegelin and Aron but initially reestablished as a critical term in the discussion of nationalism and imperialism (Dicey, Lehmann, Ular, Schütz). With the rise of totalitarian dictatorships, this religious interpretation was tra...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Main Author: Neddens, Christian 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Mohr Siebeck 2012
In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Totalitarianism / Quasi-religion
B National Socialism / Socialism / Totalitarianism / Quasi-religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
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Summary:‘Political religion’ as an analytical model was not first introduced by Voegelin and Aron but initially reestablished as a critical term in the discussion of nationalism and imperialism (Dicey, Lehmann, Ular, Schütz). With the rise of totalitarian dictatorships, this religious interpretation was transferred to aspects of Bolshevism (Russell, Gerlich, Berdjajew, Tillich, Gurian, Schütz) and National Socialism (Dehn, Barth, Sasse, Jacob). Protestant theologians played a decisive part in this procedure. They probably used for the first time explicitly the term ‘political religion’ in connection with the “Third Reich” (Jacob, Schütz). The perception of religious sentiments and structures in politics, the presence of a differentiated term of religion and the possibility to change perspective through transcultural experiences was decisive for the acceptance of this interpretation model. Up to now the term ‘political religion’ was and still is used with different intentions in Christian and atheist-liberal models of thinking.
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISSN:0044-3549
Contains:In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.15496/publikation-34204
DOI: 10.1628/004435412802644030
HDL: 10900/92823