The origins of Christian democracy politics and confession in modern Germany /

Main Author: Mitchell, Maria D., 1965-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10612417
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Confessional conflict in German history
  • Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy
  • Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy
  • Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology
  • Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU
  • Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy
  • The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy
  • Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic
  • Conclusion.