Description:During the three decades from 1945 to 1975, the Catholic Church in West Germany employed a broad range of methods from empirical social research. Statistics, opinion polling, and organizational sociology, as well as psychoanalysis and other approaches from the 'psy sciences, ' were debated and introduced in pastoral care. In adopting these methods for their own work, bishops, parish clergy, and pastoral sociologists tried to open the church up to modernity in a rapidly changing society. In the process, they contributed to the reform agenda of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Through its analysis of the intersections between organized religion and applied social sciences, this book offers insights into the trajectory of the Catholic Church in postwar GermanyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Studies in German History, 17). To get started finding Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Studies in German History, 17), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Studies in German History, 17)
Description: During the three decades from 1945 to 1975, the Catholic Church in West Germany employed a broad range of methods from empirical social research. Statistics, opinion polling, and organizational sociology, as well as psychoanalysis and other approaches from the 'psy sciences, ' were debated and introduced in pastoral care. In adopting these methods for their own work, bishops, parish clergy, and pastoral sociologists tried to open the church up to modernity in a rapidly changing society. In the process, they contributed to the reform agenda of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Through its analysis of the intersections between organized religion and applied social sciences, this book offers insights into the trajectory of the Catholic Church in postwar GermanyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Studies in German History, 17). To get started finding Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Studies in German History, 17), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.