Religious language and nuclear power. Protestantism's strategies for advocacy mediation in areas of social conflict

In the social conflicts of the Federal Republic of Germany, Protestantism always felt compelled to take a public stand. Particularly in the case of environmental issues, Protestants were under the tension of, on the one hand, representing creation as advocates and, on the other hand, acting as mediators to give space to all positions in the debates. The ambivalent history of nuclear power in the Federal Republic of Germany was such a tense field of debate, especially in the late 1950s and early 1970s, because it was still undecided. Tim Schedel uses historical case studies to convey the Protestant strategy of advocacy mediation through religious language. On this basis, he discusses current concepts of translation of religious language and puts his own conception up for discussion.