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

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...

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Main Author: Romocea, Cristian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2011.
Series:Continuum religious studies.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 246 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-and index.
ISBN:9781441137470
1441137475
9781472548924
1472548922
9781441182012
1441182012
9781441183187
1441183183
9786613066701
6613066702
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.