First book-length study that charts the Catholic Church in West Germany and its pastoral practice during the first three decades of the post-war period. Major reconsideration and historical reflection of the case in favour of secularization theory. New approach to 20th century German social history through the analysis of functional differentiation. A study that highlights the ambivalences of modernization in post-war Germany.
First book-length study that charts the Catholic Church in West Germany and its pastoral practice during the first three decades of the post-war period. Major reconsideration and historical reflection of the case in favour of secularization theory. New approach to 20th century German social history through the analysis of functional differentiation. A study that highlights the ambivalences of modernization in post-war Germany.
Benjamin Ziemann is Professor of Modern German History at the University of Sheffield. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Contested Commemorations. Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture (Cambridge, 2013), War Experiences in Rural Germany, 1914-1923 (Oxford, 2007), and, as co-editor, Reading Primary Sources (London, 2008). He has held Visiting Fellowships at the University of York, Humboldt University Berlin and at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Counting Piety: Church Statistics and its Uses Chapter 2. In Search of Social Reality: Sociography Chapter 3. Representation and Contestation after the Council: Opinion Polling Chapter 4. Planning the Future of the Church: Organizations Research Chapter 5. Psychology and Group Dynamics as "Humane" Scientific Approaches Conclusion: The Scientization of the Church as an Encounter with a Dangerous Modernity Bibliography Index
Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Counting Piety: Church Statistics and its Uses Chapter 2. In Search of Social Reality: Sociography Chapter 3. Representation and Contestation after the Council: Opinion Polling Chapter 4. Planning the Future of the Church: Organizations Research Chapter 5. Psychology and Group Dynamics as "Humane" Scientific Approaches Conclusion: The Scientization of the Church as an Encounter with a Dangerous Modernity Bibliography Index
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