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Church and State

Religious Nationalism and State Identification in Post-communist Romania

  • Hardback
  • 260 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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For historians and theologians interested in nationalism

Explores the church's struggle with secular state control

You will understand modern challenges facing religion today

This insightful book examines the tension between church and state in post-communist Romania.

This title offers an exploration of how religious nationalism incapacitates the church, maintaining a critical distance from the secular state. 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 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.
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  • Title

    Church and State

  • Author

    Cristian Romocea

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    June 2011

  • Weight

    518g

  • Page Count

    260

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441168573

  • ISBN-10

    1441168575

  • Eden Code

    3965958

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