Der langsame Abschied vom landesherrlichen Kirchenregiment

Die Debatten um das Verhältnis von Kirche und Staat im 19. Jahrhundert in protestantischen Kirchenzeitungen

By (author) Hannah M. Kreß

Book cover: Der langsame Abschied vom landesherrlichen Kirchenregiment

Extent: 371 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Series: Beiträge zur historischen Theologie

Language: German

Hardback (Unspecified)

(June 2026)

ISBN: 9783162003829

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $187.00

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Tracing the public debates on church-state relations in the nineteenth century shows that this relationship was shaped both by a gradual departure from sovereign church rule and by the formation of Protestant ecclesial identity, thereby substantiating the viability of the definition of the relationship which is still valid today.


The public debates in Protestant church magazines throughout the nineteenth century up to the adoption of the Weimar Constitution demonstrate that the relationship between church and state was widely discussed in its various forms and from multiple perspectives. Three strands were particularly significant: church-state relations in general from an external perspective, complementary to this the constitution of the church as an internal perspective, and the relationship between church and school. Overall, it is the debates which began after the Congress in Vienna in 1815 and its Final Act of 1820 which reflect a process that can be described as a gradual departure from church rule institutionalized by the Reformation which was accompanied by the formation of Protestant ecclesial identity.

1. Einleitung
1.1. Fragestellung
1.2. Quellenkorpus, Begrifflichkeiten und Methoden
1.3. Politische und kirchenhistorische Voraussetzungen
2. Die öffentlichen Debatten zur Aushandlung des Verhältnisses von Kirche und Staat aus der Perspektive protestantischer Kirchenzeitungen
2.1. Kirche und Staat
2.2. Die Verfassung der Kirche
2.3. Kirche und Schule
3. Der langsame Abschied vom landesherrlichen Kirchenregiment - das Verhältnis von Kirche und Staat im 19. Jahrhundert in den öffentlichen Debatten protestantischer Kirchenzeitungen

  • By (author) Hannah M. Kreß