Wie ist die evangelische Kirche in die Gesellschaft eingebettet? Welche Wirkungen erzielt sie mit welchen AktivitĂ€ten? Wie weit reicht ihr Resonanzraum? Welche Rolle spielen Kirchengemeinden, Kirchenkreise und Landeskirchen? Inwieweit gelingt es ihr, Menschen zur Weitergabe des Glaubens zu motivieren und Ehrenamtliche zu gewinnen? Das sind nur einige Fragen, die in diesem Buch desDirektors des Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der EKD im RĂŒckblick auf fast 15 Jahre intensiver kirchensoziologischer Forschung beantwortet werden.Angesichts vieler bisweilen recht frei schwebender Visionen "kirchlicher Netzwerke der Vielfalt" auf der einen und einer fatalistischen Kapitulation vor der SĂ€kularisierung auf der anderen Seite fragt Wegnernach der empirischen Evidenz religiös-kirchlicher Praxis. Sie hat sich in spezifische Bereiche zurĂŒckgezogen. Die Kirche steckt deswegen in einer Reproduktionskrise. Aber das ist nicht ihr Schicksal. Siekann durchaus auch wieder an AttraktivitĂ€t gewinnen. Wegners Studien zeichnen das Bild einer krĂ€ftigen religiös-sozialen Organisation in der Zivilgesellschaft, die aber eine unter anderen ist. Kirche istumso ĂŒberzeugender, je mehr sie genau diese Rolle aktiv bejaht und wirkungsvoll gestaltet. [Effective Church. Socio-Theological Studies]How is the Protestant church integrated into society? Which of its activities lead to what kind of results? How far-reaching is its significance? What is the role of congregations, church districts and regional churches? To what extent is it succeeding in motivating people to pass on their faith and recruit new volunteers? These are only a few of the questions that are addressed in this book by the director of the Social Sciences Institute of the EKD, a review on 15 years of intensive church political research.In the light of sometimes high-flying visions of "church networks of diversity" on the one hand, and a fatalistic surrender to secularization on the other hand, Wegner considers the empirical evidence of religious ecclesial practice. It has retreated into specific areas. Therefore, the church is in a crisis of reproduction. But this is not its fate. It may well increase its attractiveness again. Wegner's studies draw the picture of a powerful religious-social organization within civil society that exists as one amongst others. Church is the more convincing, the more it actively affirms this role and lives it effectively.

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Table of contents
- Cover
- Titel
- Impressum
- Vorwort
- Inhalt
- Wirksamkeit, Organisation, Religion
- Mitglieder, Publikum, PlausibilitÀt
- Gemeinschaft, Kirchengemeinden, Netzwerke
- Anstalt, Akteur, Vision
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