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“The high-quality articles in the volume make an important resource for those interested in the history of the GDR and of the German diaspora in Eastern Europe.”
--Serhii Plokhy, German Politics and Society
“[A] comprehensive and nuanced examination of a geographically and denominationally complex situation whose complexity is intensified by Protestantism’s individualist emphasis.”
--Samuel J. Nesdoly, Canadian Slavonic Papers
“Ramet has performed a wonderful service in finding authors to represent the diverse cultural landscapes in such a comprehensive fashion. They supply a fine historical record of the workings of religion during the communist era, and they suggest the diversity in patterns of religious behavior and church-state interaction that will likely reassert themselves in the future.”
--Leonard J. Biallas, Journal of Ecumenical Studies
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Coming at a time of enormous transformations in the one-time Communist bloc, this volume provides a much-needed perspective on the significance of church-state relations in the renaissance of civil society in the region. The essays collected here accentuate the peculiarly political character of Protestantism within Communist systems. With few identifiable leaders, a multiplicity of denominations, and a tendency away from hierarchical structures, the Protestant churches presents a remarkably diverse pattern of church-state relations. Consequently, the longtime coexistence of Protestantism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union affords numerous examples of political accommodation and theological adaption that both reflect and foreshadow the dramatic changes of the 1990s.
Based on extensive field research, including interviews with notable figures in the Protestant churches in the region, the essays in this volume address broad topics such as the church's involvment in environmentalism, pacifism, and other dissident movements, as well as issues particular to Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, (1949–1989), Hungary, Yugoslavia (1945-1991), Bulgaria, and Romania. The final volume in the three-volume work "Christianity Under Stress," Protestantism and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia will prove invaluable to anyone hoping to understand not only the workings of religion under Communism, but the historical and contemporary interactions of church and state in general.
Contributors. Paul Bock, Lawrence Klippenstein, Paul Mojzes, Earl A. Pope, Joseph Pungur, Sabrina Petra Ramet, Walter Sawatsky, N. Gerald Shenk, Gerd Stricker, Sape A. Zylstra
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“The high-quality articles in the volume make an important resource for those interested in the history of the GDR and of the German diaspora in Eastern Europe.”
--Serhii Plokhy, German Politics and Society
“[A] comprehensive and nuanced examination of a geographically and denominationally complex situation whose complexity is intensified by Protestantism’s individualist emphasis.”
--Samuel J. Nesdoly, Canadian Slavonic Papers
“Ramet has performed a wonderful service in finding authors to represent the diverse cultural landscapes in such a comprehensive fashion. They supply a fine historical record of the workings of religion during the communist era, and they suggest the diversity in patterns of religious behavior and church-state interaction that will likely reassert themselves in the future.”
--Leonard J. Biallas, Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Product Description
Coming at a time of enormous transformations in the one-time Communist bloc, this volume provides a much-needed perspective on the significance of church-state relations in the renaissance of civil society in the region. The essays collected here accentuate the peculiarly political character of Protestantism within Communist systems. With few identifiable leaders, a multiplicity of denominations, and a tendency away from hierarchical structures, the Protestant churches presents a remarkably diverse pattern of church-state relations. Consequently, the longtime coexistence of Protestantism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union affords numerous examples of political accommodation and theological adaption that both reflect and foreshadow the dramatic changes of the 1990s.
Based on extensive field research, including interviews with notable figures in the Protestant churches in the region, the essays in this volume address broad topics such as the church's involvment in environmentalism, pacifism, and other dissident movements, as well as issues particular to Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, (1949–1989), Hungary, Yugoslavia (1945-1991), Bulgaria, and Romania. The final volume in the three-volume work "Christianity Under Stress," Protestantism and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia will prove invaluable to anyone hoping to understand not only the workings of religion under Communism, but the historical and contemporary interactions of church and state in general.
Contributors. Paul Bock, Lawrence Klippenstein, Paul Mojzes, Earl A. Pope, Joseph Pungur, Sabrina Petra Ramet, Walter Sawatsky, N. Gerald Shenk, Gerd Stricker, Sape A. Zylstra
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Evangelical Church, World War, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Jehovah's Witnesses, United States, Christian Peace Conference, Seventh-Day Adventists, East German, East European, Department of Cults, World Council of Churches, Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Lord's Army, Polish Protestants, Theology of Service, Jesus Christ, Theology of Diaconia, Lutheran World Federation, Prague Spring, Church of England, Law of Cults, Martin Luther, State Office of Church Affairs, Baptist Union New!
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