Beschreibung
The author argues that religious history is underestimated in its importance for World- and Global history. This book offers ten examples from a wide range of religious beliefs which show that developments in religion have far reaching consequences for general history.
Autorenportrait
Hans-Heinrich Nolte is Professor Emeritus of Eastern European History at the Department of History, University of Hannover. He was Visiting Professor of Global History at the University of Vienna.
Inhalt
Contents: History of the medieval Church – Early modern Protestantism – Russian Old-Believers – The Orthodox Church of the Empire – Islam as fundamentalist opposition to Russian expansion – Christian democracy as a conservative Catholic movement stabilizing democracy in Germany and Italy – Secularization as European «Sonderweg» – Religious backgrounds of the renewed East-West confrontation – Orisha.
