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The Wayward Flock

Catholic Youth in Postwar West Germany, 1945-1965

by Mark Edward Ruff

  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the western and southern regions of Germany were home to intensely devout Roman Catholic communities. By the late 1950s, however, this Catholic subculture could not withstand the onslaught of a culture of consumption--motorcycles, Hollywood films, and vacations abroad. In "The Wayward Flock, " Mark Edward Ruff analyzes why the strategy of using modern means to fight modern society--which had worked so successfully from the 1870s to the 1920s--did not succeed in the postwar era. Ruff examines the vast network of Catholic youth organizations in West Germany that had traditionally served as a source for future youth leaders and a means by which the church could resist the changes of modern society. But organization membership dwindled from nearly 1.5 million in the 1920s to 600,000 by the early 1960s, due in large part, Ruff argues, to generational differences, an emerging ethic of consumption, and changes in West Germany's political makeup. Ultimately, Ruff demonstrates, church leaders were unable to provide viable alternatives to the antimodern and antiliberal ideologies of the past.
The Wayward Flock and Practicing the Way
Practicing the WayThe Wayward Flock

  • Author

    Mark Edward Ruff

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    The University of North Carolina Press

  • Published

    December 2014

  • Edition

    1st New edition

  • Weight

    468g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781469615110

  • ISBN-10

    1469615118

  • Eden Code

    4315243

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