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Abstract
The article discusses the beginning and the end of the »age of secularisation«: Differening from other definitions it argues for a late beginning after the Second World War and an early end by the mid-1980s. The age of secularisation is characterised by an open relationship of the churches to secular society - the exact character of which, however, was much disputed among reformers and conservatives within the churches. By the mid-1980s this openness began to be replaced by a more self concerned attitude of the churches, which today causes some problems for the interreligious dialogue
Online erschienen: 2014-9-6
Erschienen im Druck: 2008-12-1
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