Transformationen religiöser Bildung in Ostdeutschland – ein Rückblick auf Religionspädagogik und Katechetik nach 1989

Abstract

Abstract This contribution inquires into the processes of change within ecclesial instruction which were occassioned by the introduction of religous education in schools in the East German federal states. This review takes it bearings from the decisions made in the federal and ecclesial educational policy of that time and inquires into the transformations in school and parish education which they entailed. The various developments in the federal states provide insight into how religious education changes when finding its way in a predominantly unchurched society.