Critical Catholicism

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critical catholicism , subtitled newspaper for theory and practice in society and church , was a German monthly newspaper that was founded in 1968 and appeared until 1974. It emerged from the action committee of the same name, founded on the 82nd German Catholic Convention in 1968, and represented reform Catholicism that was critical of the church .

history

In the time after the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965, which in the progressive wing of German-speaking Catholicism was associated with hopes for more democratization of the ecclesiastical structures, for the liberalization of sexual morality, for the approval of priestly marriage and the ordination of women, the opposition between this wing became and the teaching office especially in 1968, when Pope Paul VI. banned the use of artificial contraceptives during marital intercourse with the encyclical Humanae Vitae . This circular from the church teaching office was published a few weeks before the 82nd German Catholic Convention in 1968 in Essen and provoked protests from numerous church conference participants. A small active group of young Catholics, mostly theology students or employees of Catholic student communities, newly qualified teachers or scientists on the Catholic Day tried to channel these disappointments and critical voices and with demands for church democracy, sexual self-determination of spouses and priests, social structural change and responsibility for third parties To connect the world and to express it in numerous resolutions. Even Pope Paul VI called for the most spectacular resolution. to resign.

This action alliance was called "critical Catholicism"; It was formed on June 23, 1968 in Bochum from numerous student working groups (STAKK / Student Working Group Critical Catholicism) in Catholic university communities. From a Kirchentag newspaper, which for 20 pfennigs a day about expressions of discontent by members of the Catholic Congress regarding the new encyclical ("Pill Encyclical"), possible obstacles to discussion by conference leaders ("The Contraceptives of the Central Committee"), social and political entanglements of Catholic associations (such as Hermann Josef Abs ) and officials ( as Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger ) reported, a monthly magazine developed that served reform Catholic subscribers until 1974. In 1969, members of the editorial team also put their reform ideas together in a book.

The group around "critical Catholicism" was linked by a common desire for internal church opposition. “The church does not die out by itself. That is why an effective opposition must be organized here too. The methods and experiences of the extra-parliamentary opposition in the field of universities, schools and companies must be made usable for the church. Reactionary tendencies should be fought, progressive tendencies in the church should be strengthened. "Inspired by the anti-institutional and grassroots democratic student movement , in which they themselves participated in their respective places of study Bochum, Münster, Frankfurt, Berlin or Tübingen, they propagated a Christianity that was critical of the church and remote from the church that should make its contribution to the humanization of society. Here, the analytical focus was placed on areas that had been dominated by the churches to date: social and youth work, the nursing and hospital sector and, last but not least, denominational schools. But also the “progressive” area in church and theology was not spared from criticism, which hurt some sympathizers of critical Catholicism and distanced them from the latter. The readership gradually dwindled, so that the newspaper was discontinued in 1974. This tendency was strengthened after the merging of the editorial team of "critical Catholicism" with the DKP-affiliated Pahl-Rugenstein Verlag . Although this did not have any direct influence on the content of the articles, he was often annoyed by the “anarchist” tendencies of the editors and, from 1975 onwards, built on a less conflict-laden collaboration with the left-wing Protestant monthly The Voice of the Community and New Voice . The group around "critical Catholicism" dissolved, but its former members continued their activities in grassroots democracy, ecological or church reform movements.

Editors and authors

The editors of "critical Catholicism" included Friedhelm Baukloh , Hermann Böckenförde, Richard Faber , Ingrid Fohlmeister, Hans Friemond, Hans-Hermann Hücking, Heribert Kohl, Klaus Kreppel , Lothar Kupp, Henrich von Nussbaum, Ben van Onna, Hermann Precht , Ivo Rode, Joachim Stankowski, Martin Stankowski , Werner Wirtz. The responsible editor from 1971 to 1973 was Klaus Kreppel.

The group of authors included numerous Catholic intellectuals such as the sociologist Dankwart Danckwerts , the canon lawyer Horst Herrmann , and the publicist Walter Dirks .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferdinand Oertel: uprising of the lay people. Criticism shaped the Catholic Day in Essen . In: The Political Opinion . Monthly magazine on questions of time. Editor: Bernhard Vogel, Chairman of the Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV No. 378. Sankt Augustin, May 1, 2001. pp. 39–44.
  2. ↑ Martin Stankowski: Asylum with the Protestants. Memories of "critical Catholicism" at the 1968 Catholic Day . In: transparentonline. No. 90 of October 5, 2008. [1]
  3. ↑ In the middle of this world. 82nd German Catholic Day. Essen 1968. Bonifacius Verlag Paderborn. Likewise Ferdinand Oertel: uprising of the lay people. Criticism shaped the Catholic Day in Essen. In: The Political Opinion. Monthly magazine on questions of time. Editor: Bernhard Vogel, Chairman of the Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV No. 378. Sankt Augustin, May 1, 2001. pp. 39–44.
  4. ^ Church on the move In: The time of September 13, 1968; The pious left on the march In: The time of September 13, 1968
  5. ↑ Ben van Onna / Martin Stankowski (eds.): Critical Catholicism. Arguments against the Church Society (= Fischer TB 1015). Frankfurt am Main 1969.
  6. ↑ In or out? About the position of "critical Catholicism" . In: Critical Catholicism , No. 5, Sept. 19, 1968. Special edition for the Frankfurt Book Fair. P. 1.
  7. ↑ Kiosk instead of church . In: Der Spiegel 38/1971 of September 13, 1971
  8. ^ Friedhelm Baukloh in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  9. ^ Martin Stankowski in the archive of social democracy
  10. ↑ Klaus Kreppel: Critical Catholicism. In: Rudolf Weckerling (Ed.): “Beyond the zero point? Being a Christian in western Germany. ”Bishop D. Kurt Scharf on his 70th birthday on October 21, 1972. Stuttgart 1972 (Kreuz-Verlag), pp. 269–273. Likewise, Klaus Kreppel: Dialogue and Practice of “Critical Catholicism”, In: Dorothee Sölle / Klaus Schmidt: “Christians for Socialism I. Analyzes.” Stuttgart-Berlin-Cologne-Mainz 1975. (Kohlhammer T-series vol. 613). Pp. 22-26.
  11. ↑ Prof. Dr. Dankwart Danckwerts, Publications, University of Duisburg Essen ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-due.de
  12. ↑ Horst Herrmann: The Union Christians - stunned in the church dome. In: Critical Catholicism No. 10/1972, p. 3.
  13. ↑ Walter Dirks: "Detour Socialism". Comments on the founding of the CDU in Frankfurt 25 years ago. In: Kritischer Katholizismus No. 6/1971, pp. 10-12.