Nietzsche says "good Europeans" must not only cultivate a "supra-national" view, but also "supra-European" perspective to transcend their European biases and see beyond the horizon of Western culture. The volume takes up such conceptual frontier crossings and syntheses. Emphasizing Nietzsche's genealogy of European culture and his reflections upon the constitution of Europe in the broadest sense, its essays examine peoples and nations, values and arts, knowledge and religion. Nietzsche's apprehensions about the crises of nihilism and decadence and their implications for Europe's (and humankind's) future are investigated in this context. Concerning the crossing of notional frontiers, contributors examine Nietzsche's hoped-for dismantling of Europe's state borders, the overcoming of national prejudices and rivalries, and the propagation of a revitalizing "supra-European" perspective on the continent, its culture(s) and future. They also illuminate lines of syntheses, notably the syncretism of the ancient Greeks and its possible example for the European culture to-be. Finally certain of Europe's current problems are considered via the critical apparatus furnished by Nietzsche's philosophy and the diagnostic tools it provides.

The funeral culture has undergone a radical change in recent years. He expresses himself a. in a differentiation of the ways of burial and in a pluralization of attitudes to questions of life and death. Life-world research makes an indispensable contribution - also for church activities - to understanding the change process in our society and the life-specific religious attitudes of people. The book is divided into two parts: In the first part, essential aspects of church funeral activities are reflected and the change in the funeral culture is placed in different scientific horizons. The second part contains a manual that offers concrete suggestions for the organization of an evangelical funeral service for each of the ten Sinus milieus and also takes the preparatory and subsequent steps into consideration. The aim of the book is to provide practical impulses for milieu-sensitive communication of the gospel in the context of the burial.