''Stimmen der Zeit'' ("Voices of the times") is a monthly

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magazine published since 1865 by

Herder publishers Verlag Herder is a publishing company started by the Herders, a German family. The company focuses primarily on Catholic topics of ecclesiology, Christian mysticism, women's studies, and the development of younger Catholic theologians. History ...

. Its subtitle is ''Zeitschrift für christliche Kultur'', and it publishes articles on

Christian culture Christian culture generally includes all the cultural practices which have developed around the religion of Christianity. There are variations in the application of Christian beliefs in different cultures and traditions. Christian culture has i ...

in the broad sense of the word. It is considered one of the most authoritative German journals in its field.

History

The journal was founded as a

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publication by Gerhard Schneemann and Florian Rieß in the

Maria Laach Abbey Maria Laach Abbey (in German: ''Abtei Maria Laach'', in Latin: ''Abbatia Maria Lacensis'' or ''Abbatia Maria ad Lacum'') is a Benedictine abbey situated on the southwestern shore of the Laacher See (Lake Laach), near Andernach, in the Eifel r ...

, a Jesuit abbey in the

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, under the name ''Voices of Maria Laach.'' Its initial publications were concerned with the Syllabus of Errors. In 1871, after somewhat irregularly publishing single-issue themes, the publishers changed the magazine to a monthly format, whose goal was to reconcile Catholic faith with modern times. When during Bismarck's

Kulturkampf (, 'culture struggle') was the conflict that took place from 1872 to 1878 between the Catholic Church in Germany, Catholic Church led by Pope Pius IX and the government of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia led by Otto von Bismarck. The main issues wer ...

the Maria Laach Abbey was closed, the magazine moved abroad, and after exile in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, the publishers returned to Germany in 1914. The magazine was renamed ''Stimmen der Zeit'' and published from

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. During the Nazi era the magazine (illegally) published the encyclical '' Mit brennender Sorge''. It was shut down for four months and in April 1941 closed altogether; one of its editors,

Alfred Delp Alfred Delp (, 15 September 1907 – 2 February 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance ...

, was executed in 1945 in connection with the

20 July plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...

Editors

The following people were editors of the magazin:The complete list of editors: *

Georg Michael Pachtler Georg Michael Pachtler (14 September 1825, at Mergentheim, Württemberg – 12 August 1889, at Exaten, Netherlands) was a German Jesuit and educational writer. Life He studied in the University of Tübingen and was ordained priest in 1848; he ...

(1871) * Rudolf Cornely (1872-1879) * Gerhard Schneemann (1879–1885) :(...) *Anton Koch (1946–1952) *Ivo A. Zeiger (1952) *Oskar Simmel (1952–1966) *Wolfgang Seibel (1966–1998) *Martin Maier (1998–2009) *Andreas Batlogg (2009–2017) *Stefan Kiechle (2018–)

References

Bibliography

*
Entry for Joseph Florian Rieß
in the ''

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'' * "Die Schriftleitung: Zum Geleit." In: StZ 139 (1946/47) 1–3 * Anton Koch: "Die ''Stimmen der Zeit'' im Dritten Reich." In: StZ 196 (1978) 855–857 * Karl H. Neufeld: "Die ''Stimmen der Zeit'' nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Zu einer neuen Dissertation." In: StZ 197 (1979) 278–281 * Ellen Dietrich: "Zur katholischen Publizistik im Nationalsozialismus: ''Die Stimmen der Zeit''." München 1984. * Klaus Schatz: "''Stimmen der Zeit''" im Kirchenkonflikt. Eine innerjesuitische Auseinandersetzung vor 80 Jahren." In: StZ 224 (2006) 147–161. * o. V. "Stimmen aus Maria Laach--Stimmen der Zeit." In: StZ 175 (1965) 401-415.

External links

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