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Author Romocea, Cristian.

Title Church and state : religious nationalism and state identification in post-communist Romania / Cristian Romocea
Published London ; New York : Continuum, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages)
Series Continuum religious studies
Continuum religious studies.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Orthodox Church in Post-Communist Romania; Chapter 2 German Protestantism and Nazism in Third Reich Germany; Chapter 3 From Caesaropapism to Religious Nationalism; Chapter 4 Nationalist Orthodoxy and the Romanian State; Chapter 5 The Marxist-Orthodox Symbiosis; Chapter 6 The Theological Error of Nationalism: Barth and Staniloae; Conclusion: Toward a Theology of 'Permanent Revolution'; Bibliography; Index
Summary Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which 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 which have characterized Marxist Communism and Nazism. Cristian Romocea provid
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Rumänisch-Orthodoxe Kirche. idszbz
Subject Church and state -- Romania
Christianity and politics -- Romania
Nationalism -- Romania -- History -- 20th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Christianity and politics
Church and state
Nationalism
Kirche
Staat
Nationalismus
Kirche.
Staat.
Nationalismus.
Politik.
SUBJECT Romania -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114979
Subject Romania
Rumänien
Rumänien.
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
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