Klein, Michael Westdeutscher Protestantismus und politische Parteien. Anti-Parteien-Mentalität und parteipolitisches Engagement von 1945 bis 1963
2005. XVI, 527 pages. BHTh 129
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Michael KleinWestdeutscher Protestantismus und politische ParteienAnti-Parteien-Mentalität und parteipolitisches Engagement von 1945 bis 1963
[West German Protestantism and Political Parties. Antiparty Mentality and Involvement in Political Parties from 1945 - 1963.]Published in German. Michael Klein examines the relationship between Protestantism and the political parties in West Germany from the immediate post-war period to up to the end of Konrad Adenauer’s chancellorship. In doing so, he also takes a look at the previous history, starting in the middle of the 19th century, and draws a critical profile of the way Protestantism came to terms with the parliamentary democracy after 1945. The contribution made by Protestants to party politics can be seen against the backdrop of the developments in various political parties in Germany. The author takes a critical look at the controversy surrounding an interdenominational party in the Christian Democratic Union and the slow and arduous rapprochement of social democracy and the churches.
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