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Explores the ways in which the British Religious Affairs Branch aimed to organise religious life in post-war Germany.
It is well known that at the key allied conferences during the latter part of World War II the future victorious allies were already progressing their post-war planning. Duly, an Allied Control Commission, with the task of providing administrative functions and eventually handing them over to an elected government, was formed in post-war Germany. In the Western zones, the cornerstone of coordinated administration was a policy of denazification, demilitarisation and democratization. Almost all sectors of German life would thereafter to be administered by the Allies.
German Churches and religious affairs had, however, been promised to the defeated Germany. Of course, Nazism hadn't spared the Christian churches, and so questions of denazification and the future relationship between church and state in Germany remained significant. This book examines the British approach towards post-war German religious and ecclesiastical life by highlighting the role of the British Element of the Control Commission, more specifically the Religious Affairs Branch that was separated from the Education Branch at the end of 1945. Considering British attitudes to Catholics and Protestants, as well as the remaining Jewish and Muslim communities in Germany, this book uncovers allied differences with regards to organising future religious life in Germany.
It is well known that at the key allied conferences during the latter part of World War II the future victorious allies were already progressing their post-war planning. Duly, an Allied Control Commission, with the task of providing administrative functions and eventually handing them over to an elected government, was formed in post-war Germany. In the Western zones, the cornerstone of coordinated administration was a policy of denazification, demilitarisation and democratization. Almost all sectors of German life would thereafter to be administered by the Allies.
German Churches and religious affairs had, however, been promised to the defeated Germany. Of course, Nazism hadn't spared the Christian churches, and so questions of denazification and the future relationship between church and state in Germany remained significant. This book examines the British approach towards post-war German religious and ecclesiastical life by highlighting the role of the British Element of the Control Commission, more specifically the Religious Affairs Branch that was separated from the Education Branch at the end of 1945. Considering British attitudes to Catholics and Protestants, as well as the remaining Jewish and Muslim communities in Germany, this book uncovers allied differences with regards to organising future religious life in Germany.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 305
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
18 June 2021
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781783275830
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, General and world history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European history
A tour de force of research and analysis that has much to teach us today.
There is much of value to learn from this patient, often meticulous, book. Peter Howson is surely to be congratulated for providing us with an admirable book which certainly fills a hole in contemporary church historiography.
There is much of value to learn from this patient, often meticulous, book. Peter Howson is surely to be congratulated for providing us with an admirable book which certainly fills a hole in contemporary church historiography.
Introduction
1. Creating a 'Religious Affairs' staff
2. The move to Germany
3. British experiences of religion in Germany in the summer of 1945
4. The formation of a separate Religious Affairs Branch
5. Relationships with the Catholic Church
6. Relationships with Protestant churches
7. Relationships with 'Minor Denominations'
8. Religious Visitors to the churches in the British Zone
9. The Allied Religious Affairs Committee
10. The Final Year: 1949-50
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Text of the 'Stuttgart Declaration'
Appendix 2: Senior members of staff of the Religious Affairs Branch
1. Creating a 'Religious Affairs' staff
2. The move to Germany
3. British experiences of religion in Germany in the summer of 1945
4. The formation of a separate Religious Affairs Branch
5. Relationships with the Catholic Church
6. Relationships with Protestant churches
7. Relationships with 'Minor Denominations'
8. Religious Visitors to the churches in the British Zone
9. The Allied Religious Affairs Committee
10. The Final Year: 1949-50
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Text of the 'Stuttgart Declaration'
Appendix 2: Senior members of staff of the Religious Affairs Branch