Church and state : religious nationalism and state identification in post-communist Romania / Cristian Romocea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romocea, Cristian.

Series:

Continuum religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--Romania.

Church and state.

Christianity and politics--Romania.

Christianity and politics.

Nationalism--Romania--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

History.

Romania--Church history.

Romania.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xi, 246 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]

Summary:

Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state that does not give preference to churches as major political players. This book explores the nationalist inclinations of an Eastern Orthodox Church as it interacts with a politically immature yet decisively democratic Eastern European state. Discussing the birth pangs of extreme nationalist movements of the twentieth century, it offers a creative retelling of the ideological idiosyncrasies that have characterized Marxist Communism and Nazism. Cristian Romocea provides a constant juxtaposition of the ideological movements as they interacted and affected organized religion, at times seeking to remove it, assimilate it or even imitate it. Of interest to historians, theologians and politicians, this book introduces the reader, through a case study of Romania, to relevant and contemporary challenges churches worldwide are facing in a context characterized by increased secularization of the state and radicalization of religion. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Orthodox Church in Post-Communist Romania 12

Chapter 2 German Protestantism and Nazism in Third Reich Germany 44

Chapter 3 From Caesaropapism to Religious Nationalism 72

Chapter 4 Nationalist Orthodoxy and the Romanian State 109

Chapter 5 The Marxist-Orthodox Symbiosis 149

Chapter 6 The Theological Error of Nationalism: Barth and Staniloae 180

Conclusion Toward a Theology of Permanent Revolution' 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441168573

1441168575

OCLC:

664259716