The politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany
Subtitle: the case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949
By: Sean Brennan
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739151259; 9780739151273
Subjects: Communism and Christianity; History; Christianity and politics; Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: The brown dictatorship before the red: the German churches under national socialism; title: The question of the CDU and the churches during the period of the "antifascist transformation, "1945-1947; title: The Volkscongress movement and the end of the CDU's political independence, December 1946 -October1949; title: "Unity schools are secular schools": the struggle over religious education in the secondary schools of Berlin Brandenburg; title: The competition between socialist and religious youth and women's organizations in Berlin-Brandenburg; title: The conflict over charitable activity by the evangelical and Catholic churches in Berlin-Brandenburg; title: "Christianity and Marxism are not in opposition": the propaganda offensive in East Germany concerning "religious freedom" under communism; title: The Allied Religious Affairs Committee and the impossibility of a united religious policy for Germany.