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Includes research findings in liturgy and hymnology.

Fur die HerausgeberInnen des aktuellen Jahrbuchs stehen im Mittelpunkt des liturgischen Teils dieses Bandes neben der Darstellung der in Deutschland lebenden Erben der Evangelischen Zisterzienser auch die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Luthers aSinflutgebet.

"Jahrbuch Fur Liturgik Und Hymnologie, 44. Band, 2005".

Presents us with intriguing findings from research in liturgy and hymnology.

Edmund Schlink (1903-1984), Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Ecumenism at Heidelberg University, was delegated to Rome as an official observer of Vatican II (1962-1965) by the Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - EKD). At the intersection between contemporary church history and ecumenism Hopf investigates the motives and circumstances of Schlink's delegation. She studies so far unpublished archival material to show how Edmund Schlink tried to influence the Council proceedings and to distil the observer's judgement on central Council documents and their authors.

In launching the National Mission (Volksmission) over 100 years ago, the German Evangelical Churches hoped to spread the Gospel and stabilize a society ravaged by war and domestic instability. Henning Bühmann traces the development of Protestant missionary thinking in Germany between 1916 and 1934, concentrating on the activities of the Central Committee of the Home Mission (Central-Ausschusses der Inneren Mission). He traces the increasingly nationalist tone adopted by the missionaries and their failure to halt the tide of secularism. The author concludes that the eventual collapse of the missionary movement was due less to the new political atmosphere which followed the establishment of the Third Reich than the internal contradictions of the Volksmissionsbewegung itself.

Families who have a seriously ill child are in a difficult situation and need help. This book, presents a concept for volunteers, tries to remove the pre-existing inhibitions, encourages an understanding of the fears and worries of the family concerned and conveys the necessary prior knowledge and skills required in these difficult situations.