The Protestant Churches in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Protest against Nuclear Energy 1970 - 1990

该研究项目旨在对1970年至1990年期间西德新教教会雇员和官员反对核能的活动进行批判性的历史分析。手稿将在慕尼黑的Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität作为一份档案上交。在1970年代初，联邦共和国面临公众对增长危机和环境问题的日益关注。辩论尤其集中在德国政府和几家公司计划的能源和扩大核技术上。全国范围内持续不断的、生动的抗议活动随之而来，其中一部分是通过教堂和教堂内部进行的。牧师和教区居民对这一事业的承诺引发了激烈的内部辩论。随着教会成员动员抗议以提高公众意识，教会日益成为围绕核技术辩论的公共平台。指导性问题涉及这种接触的历史和社会原因。从坚定的基督教观点出发，提出抗议的动机是什么，这是如何从内部改变教会的，这对整个西德的辩论有多大影响？这场冲突让人们对教会在环境和反核运动之后面临新挑战时改变自我认识进行了历史评估。关于神学概念和教牧关怀的新要求出现了。全面的话语分析旨在评估教会在环境抗议中面临的政治和社会挑战，最终改变他们的社会角色，因为他们从僵化的传统威权主义转向更开放和自由的抗议和辩论文化。

The research projects aims at a critical historical analysis of activities against nuclear energy by employees and officials of the West German protestant churches between 1970 and 1990. The manuscript will be handed in as a Habilitationschrift at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.In the early 1970s the Federal Republic faced mounting public concern over a perceived crisis of growth and environmental problems. The debate especially focused on energy and the expansion of nuclear technology as planned by the German government and several corporations. Ongoing and vivid protest on a nation-wide level ensued, part of which was carried out through and within the churches. The commitment of pastors and parishioners to the cause ignited passionate internal debates. As church members mobilized protest in order to increase public awareness, the churches increasingly became public platforms for the debate surrounding nuclear technology. The guiding question concerns the historical and societal reasons for this engagement. What was the motivation to formulate protest from a decidedly Christian point of view, how did this change the church from within, and how much did this affect the debate in West Germany as a whole?The conflict allows a historical evaluation of the churches changing self-understanding as they were confronted with new challenges in the wake of the environmental and anti-nuclear movement. New demands concerning theological concepts as well as pastoral care arose. A thorough discourse analysis aims to assess the political and social challenges the churches faced in connection with environmental protest, eventually altering their societal role as they moved away from rigid, traditional authoritarianism towards a more open and liberal culture of protest and debate.