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