Religion und Gesellschaft: Über einige Versuche, der Kirche in der sozialistischen Gesellschaft der DDR durch Religionssoziologie aufzuhelfen: Herrn Dr. Jürgen Henkys zum 60. Geburtstag
In very different ways Hans Moritz and Detlef Pollack on the one hand, and Ehrhard Neubert on the other, have tried to define the relationship between religion and society, with the help of a concept of religion, based on the sociology of religion, for the Christian churches in the socialist GDR. Th...
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1989
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 1989, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 471-493 |
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| Summary: | In very different ways Hans Moritz and Detlef Pollack on the one hand, and Ehrhard Neubert on the other, have tried to define the relationship between religion and society, with the help of a concept of religion, based on the sociology of religion, for the Christian churches in the socialist GDR. They expect that the Christian-Marxist dialogue can be promoted on the basis of that concept of religion. Our contribution examines the concept of religion (III,1), to show that a generally valid definition of religion today is nevertheless impossible because the Polyperspektivität of the phenomen cannot be ignored. The peculiar connection between Christian faith and the concept of religion never permits an adequate picture. The sociology of religion (III,2) developed from efforts to understand foreign cultures. If it applies its methods of inquiry to its own society, it becomes in fact Selbstthematisierung. Then the danger arises of desribing as a product what people certainly can never produce: sense. Kontingenzbewältigung (III,3) as a description of the function of religion reduces the problem of disappointment and consolation, as the Christian experiences them. A Chnstian-Marxist dialogue (III,4) must be pursued on the basis of mutual recognition in the light of the question of truth, and may not be confused with negotiations, in which our convictions are put at the disposal of social utility. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
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