Okumene in Deutschland

English summary: In the authoritative literature on 19th and 20th-century ecclesiastical history, ecumenism is largely overlooked, and where it is noticed, it is almost exclusively in an international context. Ecumenism in Germany only crops up occasionally and in a marginal context. The author of this volume closes this gap by examining the whole complexity of inner German ecumenism by means of ecumenical hermeneutics of its history. He portrays all the ecumenical partners, thus...
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English summary: In the authoritative literature on 19th and 20th-century ecclesiastical history, ecumenism is largely overlooked, and where it is noticed, it is almost exclusively in an international context. Ecumenism in Germany only crops up occasionally and in a marginal context. The author of this volume closes this gap by examining the whole complexity of inner German ecumenism by means of ecumenical hermeneutics of its history. He portrays all the ecumenical partners, thus overcoming the notion prevalent in society - and even in some churches - of bilateral ecumenism. His objective thereby is to capture the richness, diversity and complexity of ecumenism in Germany, enhancing and pluralising its image so that within the different denominations and within German society as a whole an awareness may grow of the full breadth of ecumenism. German description: In den Ubersichtswerken zur Kirchengeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhundert wird die Okumene kaum wahrgenommen und wenn, dann fast nur im internationalen Kontext. Okumene in Deutschland kommt nur sporadisch und am Rande vor. Diese Lucke schliesst der Autor, indem er mit einer okumenischen Hermeneutik der Geschichte die ganze Komplexitat der innerdeutschen Okumene in den Blick nimmt. Er stellt alle okumenischen Partner dar und uberwindet so das in der Gesellschaft, teilweise auch in den Kirchen uberlieferte Bild einer bilateralen Okumene. Ziel ist, den Reichtum, die Vielfalt und die Komplexitat der Okumene in Deutschland zu erfassen und so ihr Bild pluralisierend so zu bereichern, dass die gesamte okumenische Breite auch bei uns anschaulich und bewusst wird, sowohl innerhalb der Konfessionen wie in der Gesellschaft.