The Peace Work and Witness of the Churches in the German Democratic Republic and the World Disorder of the 21st Century
This article is an edited translation of an address given in Erfurt, Germany, on 12 May 2019, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Heino Falcke, dean (provost) of Erfurt from 1973 until his retirement in 1994. Falcke, who was also a member of the working group on Church and Society of the World Council...
| Subtitles: | Ecumenical Forum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-388 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Heino Falcke
B Conscientious Objection B German Democratic Republic B peace issues |
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| Summary: | This article is an edited translation of an address given in Erfurt, Germany, on 12 May 2019, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Heino Falcke, dean (provost) of Erfurt from 1973 until his retirement in 1994. Falcke, who was also a member of the working group on Church and Society of the World Council of Churches, played a central role in developing the theological and ethical response of Protestant churches in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to the threats to peace in a nuclear age. This was expressed in the "renunciation of the spirit, logic, and practice of deterrence." This article seeks to set out the insights from the peace work and witness of the churches in the GDR against the background of the "world disorder of the 21st century." |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12430 |