{"product_id":"germany-and-the-confessional-divide-religious-tensions-and-political-culture-1871-1989-9781800730878","title":"Germany and the Confessional Divide: Religious","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFrom German unification in 1871 through the early 1960s, confessional tensions between Catholics and Protestants were a source of deep division in German society. Engaging this period of historic strife, \u003cem\u003eGermany and the Confessional Divide\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on three traumatic episodes: the Kulturkampf waged against the Catholic Church in the 1870s, the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy and state-supported Protestantism after World War I, and the Nazi persecution of the churches. It argues that memories of these traumatic experiences regularly reignited confessional tensions. Only as German society became increasingly secular did these memories fade and tensions ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume is a rich contribution to the literature on the German churches in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Importantly, it bridges the confessional divide that has long dominated historical scholarship on the German churches.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Kyle Jantzen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ambrose University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The editors bring together an impressive group of scholars to address the question of relations between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, succeeding where other volumes have not.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Kevin P. Spicer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stonehill College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Edward Ruff and Thomas Großbölting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003cem\u003eKulturkampf\u003c\/em\u003e and Catholic Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey T.  Zalar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Time to Close Ranks:” The Catholic “Kulturfront” during the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKlaus Große Kracht\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Revolution of 1918\/1919: A Traumatic Experience for German Protestantism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenedikt Brunner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Confessional Divide in Voting Behavior\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJürgen Falter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Fascist Origins of German Ecumenism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames Chappel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Conversion as a Confessional Irritant: Examples from the Third Reich\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Ziemann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imperfect Interconfessionalism: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Christian Democracy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaria Mitchell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Importing Controversy: The Martin Luther Film of 1953 and Confessional Tensions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Edward Ruff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the Presence of Absence: Transformations of the Confessional Divide in West Germany after the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrandon Bloch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Tense Triangle: The Protestant Church, the Catholic Church, and the SED State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClaudia Lepp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Minority between Confession and Politics: Catholicism in the Soviet Zone of Occupation and the GDR (1945–1990)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristoph Kösters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Churches and Changes in Missionary Work. Biconfessionalism and Developmental Aid to the “Third World” since the 1960s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFlorian Bock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deconfessionalization after 1945: Protestants and Catholics, Jews and Muslims as Actors within the Religious Sphere of the Federal Republic of Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Großbölting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Closing Reflections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Edward Ruff and Thomas Großbölting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042739290455,"sku":"9781800730878","price":103.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800730878.jpg?v=1750955410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/germany-and-the-confessional-divide-religious-tensions-and-political-culture-1871-1989-9781800730878","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}