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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

Unitarianism as „Applied Christianity“
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Thomas Mann and the Unitarian Church in the USA
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included in the main text file. Heinrich Detering
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Abstract
consistent for the entire article.
In this article, the author has thoroughly investigated Thomas Mann’s late
Article Structure
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and lasting close relationship of the Unitarian Church in the United States – a liberal
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church that included different religious traditions, be they theistic or non-theistic, in
a humanistic and universalistic perspective and combined it with a decidedly anti-
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fascist and democratic socialist commitment. This religious activity of one of the
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most famous German authors has been ignored for a long time. It casts a new light
on his work and on German-American cultural relations in the 20th century.
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Methods, Results and Conclusion
Key words: Thomas Mann, Unitarianism, Religious Universalism, liberal religion,
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anti-fascism and exile.
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Abstract

The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.
Although Thomas Mann’s relationship to religion has been thoroughly inves-
tigated, his late and lasting embrace of the Unitarian Church in the United States –

It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
one of the most ambitious modern attempts of uniting religious traditions from
results and conclusions.
different parts of the world in a Christian perspective – has been ignored for a long
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time. This comes as a surprise considering how strongly Thomas Mann expressed

Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and

this relationship, during his American exile as well as back in Europe. For years, he
Methods section that
wrote in 1951, Unitarianism had been “close to my heart”; and “rarely, if ever,” had he
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
“taken so lively and militant an interest in the activities of any religious group”. “In

institutional review board having approved the project;

2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
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Heinrich Detering, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Seminar for German
Philology, (Seminar für Deutsche Philologie), Leibniz-Preis der Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
and Ordens Pour le mérite Laureate and member of the Academie für Wissenschaft und Künste Berlin
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
(Juni 2023)
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.
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The following pages give a summary and survey of the in-debth-analysis of my book on the subject. All
sources for the literary quotes and references can be found in the documents which are assem-bled in
the appendix there. Heinrich Detering, Thomas Manns amerikanische Religion. Theologie, Politik und
Literatur im kalifornischen Exil. Frankfurt/M.: Verlag S. Fischer 2012
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