Cornelia Johanna De Vogel (1905–1986)

Sinnige

pp. 225-242

in: Contemporary women philosophers, 1900-today, Berlin, Springer, 1995

Abstract

In 1945, when Europe was awakening from the nightmare of World War II, in every field of activity a movement set in to reestablish traditional values. In philosophy and in institutional religion what was available were the pre-war traditions. There was still no horizon other than that within which pre-war developments had found a place, and even these had been more or less stagnant. What was ahead in the years to come could not be foreseen or conjectured: profound changes in ways of living and in religious standards. Least prepared of all were the Churches, whose leaders were anxious to maintain morality and tradition.

Cited authors

De Vogel Cornelia Johanna