Rethinking on the German conservative revolutionary movement: research on the relationship between "the Germanic" and the Protestantism

• Project/Area Number: 15K16634
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: Hokkai-Gakuen University (2017); Numazu National College of Technology (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: KOYANAGI Atsushi 北海学園大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (60635308)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: リベラル・プロテスタンティズム / 保守革命 / シュペングラー / 運命 / 宗教改革記念 / プロテスタンティズム / ディーデリヒス / 宗教史学派

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This Study sought to clarify the relationship between the discourse of the German conservative revolutionary movement and the German Protestantism in the Weimar era. It is often said that the conservative revolutionary movement had the tendency of the anti-Protestantism. But it was found from the result of my research that there were a quiet partnership between the conservative revolutionary movement and the Protestantism. 1) The writers of “Die Tat” and the liberal Protestant Theologians agreed in the opposition to the conservative Lutheran on the Reformation Jubilee 1917; 2) The results of the research of the history of religions school were popularized in the “The Decline of the West” by Oswald Spengler, whereas the concept of “fate (Schicksal)” of this book influenced the theological argument in 1920’s.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Christentum und »Schicksal« (2017)
  • Author(s): 小柳敦史
  • Journal Title: Journal of religious studies Volume: 91 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-24
  • DOI: 10.20716/rsjars.91.3_1
  • NAID: 130006589755
  • ISSN: 0387-3293, 2188-3858
  • Year and Date: 2017-12-30
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 宗教改革記念400周年記念再考 (2017)
  • Author(s): 小柳敦史
  • Journal Title: 基督教学研究 Volume: 37
• [Presentation] 宗教改革400周年記念再考 (2017)
  • Author(s): 小柳敦史
  • Organizer: 日本基督教学会第65回学術大会
• [Presentation] ヴァイマール期のプロテスタンティズムにおける運命概念 (2016)
  • Author(s): 小柳敦史
  • Organizer: 日本基督教学会第64回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島女学院大学
• [Presentation] プロテスタント神学にとっての『西洋の没落』 (2016)
  • Author(s): 小柳敦史
  • Organizer: 日本宗教学会第75回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
• [Presentation] Avant-garde and Arrière-garde in German Protestantism (2015)
  • Author(s): KOYANAGI Atsushi
  • Organizer: XXI International Association for the History of Religions World Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Erfurt (Germany)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-25
  • Int'l Joint Research