"Gebt dem Kaiser, was dem Kaiser gehört": Kriegserfahrung und religiöse Rationalisierung
The aim of the present article is to demonstrate the nexus between the experience of war and its religious rationalization. This is done on the basis of the regular notes of the diaries of two 17th Century Jesuits who witnessed a small part of the Thirty Years' War at close range. For the two c...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie |
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| Format: | Print Review |
| Language: | German |
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2006
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Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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| Review of: | Kriegstagebücher aus dem ligistischen Hauptquartier 1620 / Sigmund von Riezler (Gangl, Peter) |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Book review B Thirty Years's War B Thirty Years' War B Geschichte 1620 B War B Buslidius, Johannes (1554-1623) B Drexel, Jeremias (1581-1638) B war experiences B Diary B Kriegserlebnisse |
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| Summary: | The aim of the present article is to demonstrate the nexus between the experience of war and its religious rationalization. This is done on the basis of the regular notes of the diaries of two 17th Century Jesuits who witnessed a small part of the Thirty Years' War at close range. For the two catholic priests the divine commitment in favour of the "right" confessional party was decisive for the victorious ending of the battle on the White Mountain in 1620. It is shown that religion not only helps to interpret the horrible experience of war, but religious content can also be instrumentalized for political aims. Finally, the question arises if such past patterns of behaviour could reappear in modern Europe of today. |
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| ISSN: | 0044-2895 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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