Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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The present volume focuses on the relationship with Communism of Romania's most important religious denominations and their attempt to cope with that difficult past which continues to cast an important shadow over their present. For the first time ever, this volume considers both the majority Romanian Orthodox Church and significant minority denominations such as the Roman and Greek Catholic Churches, the Reformed Church, the Hungarian Unitarian Church, and the Pentecostal Christian Denomination. It argues that no religious group escaped collaboration with the Communists. After 1989, however, most denominations had little desire to tackle their tainted past and make a clean start. In part, this situation was facilitated by the country's deficient legislation that did not encourage the pursuit of lustration, which in turn did not lead to a serious movement of elite renewal in the religious realm. Instead, a strong process of reproduction of the old elites and their adaptation to democracy has been the dominant characteristic of the post-Communist period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-07-07
Mått163 x 227 x 24 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor236
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498580274

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ContentsIntroductionPart One: The Romanian Orthodox ChurchChapter 1Prison Saints: Memorialization, Sacralization, and Collective CatharsisMonica CiobanuChapter 2Go-Betweens and Intersections: The Communist Inspectors for Religious Denominations, a Case StudyAnca ?incanChapter 3Collaboration with the Communists in the Orthodox Theological InstitutesLucian TurcescuChapter 4Orthodox Churches and Political Strategies in Romania and YugoslaviaLucian N. LeusteanPart Two: Catholic ChurchesChapter 5The Roman Catholic Church during and after the Communist RegimeZoltán Mihály Nagy and Csaba Zoltán NovákChapter 6The Greek Catholic Church: A Troubled Recent Past and a Painful Transitional JusticeCristian VasilePart Three: Protestant ChurchesChapter 7The Reformed Elite Facing the Communist RegimeCsongor JánosiChapter 8Resistance, Conformation and Service: The Unitarian Church during 1945-1965János PálChapter 9The Pentecostals and the Legacy of CommunismVasilica CroitorConclusionAbout the Contributors

[The] book provides a rich theoretical and empirical approach that will appeal to an audience with an interest in religious studies and society in East European countries. The book provides a systematic and detailed framework of the church–state relationship both at a personal and institutional level among the main Christian denominations and groups active in communist and post communist Romania.