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Why Human Beings Behave How They Do

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

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Why Human Beings Behave How They Do

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

When confronted by a range of violent actions perpetrated by lone individuals, contemporary society exhibits a constant tendency to react in terms of helpless, even perplexed horror. Seeking explanations for the apparently inexplicable, commentators often hurry to declare the perpetrators as “evil”. This question is not restricted to individuals: history has repeatedly demonstrated how groups and even entire nations can embark on a criminal plan united by the conviction that they were fighting for a good and just cause. Which circumstances occasioned such actions? What was their motivation? Applying a number of historical, scientific and social-scientific approaches to this question, this study produces an integrative portrait of the reasons for human behavior and advances a number of different interpretations for their genesis. The book makes clear the extent to which we live in socially-constructed realities in which we cling for dear life to a range of conceptions and beliefs which can all too easily fall apart in situations of crisis.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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144386191X

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European Dictatorships

A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

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European Dictatorships

A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

How could it happen that continental Europe became a “Europe of the Dictatorships“ in the twentieth century? It requires some effort to understand such processes. It is insufficient to observe merely the dictatorships and their mechanisms, one must also incorporate the seemingly harmless history leading up to that time and, above all, the transitions that took place. The book begins with a description of the historical situation after the First World War. Europe’s brutalization through colonial wars and inter-European conflicts, carried out using means of mass extermination, led to fractures in civilized cultures. What follows in the second section is another state-by-state organized design of the transition from countries that were fascist (and countries that were made fascist) into communist states established in accordance with the Soviet model. The third part of the book is devoted to the history of the “Eastern Bloc” states from 1953 to 2013.

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1443855219

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'Intimately Associated for Many Years'

George K. A. Bell’s and Willem A. Visser 't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal – Mirrored in their Correspondence (Part One 1938-1949)

By: Gerhard Besier

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'Intimately Associated for Many Years'

George K. A. Bell’s and Willem A. Visser 't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal – Mirrored in their Correspondence (Part One 1938-1949)

By: Gerhard Besier

The Anglican Bishop George Bell (of Chichester) and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Willem A. Visser’t Hooft (of Geneva) exchanged hundreds of letters between 1938 and 1958. The correspondence, reproduced and commented upon here, mirrors the efforts made across the ecumenical movement to unite the Christian churches and also to come to terms with an age of international crisis and conflict. In these first decades of the World Council, it was widely felt that the Church could make a noteworthy contribution to the mitigation of political tensions all over the world. That’s why Bell and Visser’t Hooft talked not only to bishops and the clergy, but also to the prime ministers and presidents of many countries. They raised their voices in memoranda and published their public letters in important newspapers. This was the World Council’s most successful period.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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144388006X

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9781443880060

Neither Good Nor Bad

Why Human Beings Behave How They Do

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

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Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity

Cities and Their Heritage

By: Gerhard Vinken

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Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity

Cities and Their Heritage

By: Gerhard Vinken

What is the heritage of our cities? Which are the monuments, places, and spaces in which it accumulates, and by which practices is it formed, handed down, appropriated? Gerhard Vinken takes the readers to twelve cities on three continents and analyses the diverse and contradictory heritage formations that have had a lasting impact on urban life. The vitality of urban heritage, as these vivid and in-depth case studies show, lies in the dynamic and often conflictual processes of social appropriation and interpretation. Covering a diverse range of themes, the book familiarizes the reader with important questions and theories in urban research and heritage studies.

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transcript Verlag

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3839454468

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Protestant Theology at the Crossroads

How to Face the Crucial Tasks for Theology in the Twenty-First Century

By: Gerhard Sauter

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Protestant Theology at the Crossroads

How to Face the Crucial Tasks for Theology in the Twenty-First Century

By: Gerhard Sauter

In an atmosphere of growing skepticism and discouragement, what hope has theology for the future, and what sources might deliver that hope? In this astute analysis of Protestant theology today, Gerhard Sauter sets himself to help theology answer critical questions and accomplish crucial tasks in order to move forward with hope. Protestant Theology at the Crossroads examines contextual theology, in which particular cultural heritages, race and gender, economic conditions, and the structure of social life inform the teachings of the faith rather than vice versa. How, for example, do we approach the crisis in American self-understanding caused by terrorism? Do changes in European politics alter our theological perceptions? Sauter argues that dogmatics -- properly understood as the process of theological reasoning that supports the life of the church -- can and should be used as the tool to save theology. Dogmatics, he says, can break through pious isolationism and converge with genuine public theology, leading to the church's understanding of its own essence.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802840345

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9780802840349

Health and Quality of Life

Philosophical, Medical, and Cultural Aspects

By: Gerhard Aumüller

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Health and Quality of Life

Philosophical, Medical, and Cultural Aspects

By: Gerhard Aumüller

How could one define health and disease? On what presuppositions, and ought we look for such definitions? Does quality of life inherit a subjective or objective evaluation? Are health and quality of life culture dependent concepts? Under the conditions of technologically advanced medicine and the common tendency towards a hedonistic lifestyle such questions come into focus. Hence, one question is of special relevance: which role does health play in our quality of life? The contributions of this interdisciplinary volume aim at the clarification of the various concepts in use. International scholars and scientists outline the framework for a more comprehensive and demanding concept of health and quality of life including philosophical and cultural aspects as well as medical and psychological dimensions.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825857395

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9783825857394

Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe

Past and Present Volume I/2

By: Gerhard Besier

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Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe

Past and Present Volume I/2

By: Gerhard Besier

The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary association was treated by the majority of the non-Witness population, the government and established churches. In this respect, the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe is also a history of the social constitution of these countries and their willingness to accept and integrate religious minorities. Jehovah’s Witnesses faced suppression and persecution not only in dictatorships, but also in some democratic states. In other countries, however, they developed in relative freedom. How the different situations in the various national societies affected the religious association and what challenges Jehovah’s Witnesses had to overcome – and still do in part even until our day – is the theme of this history volume.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443898473

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The Holy See and Hitler's Germany

By: Gerhard Besier,Francesca Piombo

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The Holy See and Hitler's Germany

By: Gerhard Besier,Francesca Piombo

There has always been a general assumption that Pius XI (1922-1939) and Pius XII (1939-1958) failed to speak out against the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis and the extermination of the Jews that took place throughout Europe. The Vatican, an institution shrouded in mystery, has only recently made its archives accessible to the public. The authors of this book were the first non-Catholics to view the files documenting the relationship between the Vatican and the National Socialist Party in the years from 1923 to 1939. The extent to which the Vatican's diplomatic strategy was dictated by their determination to retain their position of power in matters religious and political, in particular maintaining a strong anti-Bolshevik line, is only now revealed. At the same time, they were also prompted by the need to attend to their pastoral duties, caring for the welfare of their flock, and the endeavour to prevent the commission of further atrocities. Never before has the hypocrisy and duplicity of the Catholic Church's connections with the Nazi regime been exposed quite as starkly.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1403988315

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9781403988317

European Dictatorships

A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century

By: Gerhard Besier,Katarzyna Stokłosa

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A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century

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Fascism, Communism and the Consolidation of Democracy

A Comparison of European Dictatorships

By: Gerhard Besier

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Fascism, Communism and the Consolidation of Democracy

A Comparison of European Dictatorships

By: Gerhard Besier

The authoritarian and totalitarian systems of individual countries have long been studied independently of each other. The separation of Eastern and Western Europe was used as a parameter by historians. This also applies to the analysis of Communism and Mussolini's Fascism. Only in recent years has the comparative perspective in the regional, chronological and system-oriented sense been applied, thus allowing many phenomena to be correctly understood and assessed. Central and Eastern Europe is tied to Western and Southern Europe by the experience of dictatorship and the ongoing need to evaluate and come to terms with these dictatorships. In the present anthology Mussolini's Fascism, National Socialism and Communism are examined comparatively. Similarities, connections and mutual influences in these dictatorships are sought. Finally, the transition from dictatorship to democracy is examined. With this collection of essays the editors intend to give impulse for inter-European comparative research on dictatorships and democracy.

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3825896579

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Neither Good Nor Bad

Neither Good Nor Bad

European Dictatorships

European Dictatorships

'Intimately Associated for Many Years'

'Intimately Associated for Many Years'

Neither Good Nor Bad

Neither Good Nor Bad

Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity

Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity

Protestant Theology at the Crossroads

Protestant Theology at the Crossroads

Health and Quality of Life

Health and Quality of Life

Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe

Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe

The Holy See and Hitler's Germany

The Holy See and Hitler's Germany

European Dictatorships

European Dictatorships

Fascism, Communism and the Consolidation of Democracy

Fascism, Communism and the Consolidation of Democracy

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