Orthodox Church and national identity in post-communist Romania

1. Introductory Matters -- 2. A Resurgent Church -- 3. A Rampant Church -- 4. Secular Counterpoint -- 5. Undercurrents of Identity Discourse.

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Main Author: Velicu, Adrian (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Modernity, memory and identity in South-East Europe
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Romania / Rumänisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Nation / History 1990-2020
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Summary:1. Introductory Matters -- 2. A Resurgent Church -- 3. A Rampant Church -- 4. Secular Counterpoint -- 5. Undercurrents of Identity Discourse.
This book explores the Romanian Orthodox Churchs arguments on national identity to legitimize its own place in a post-communist Romania. The work traces the clergys deployment of the concepts of Christian Orthodoxy and Latin legacy as part of an uncharted constellation of arguments in contemporary intellectual history. A survey of public intellectuals opinions on national identity complements the Churchs views. The investigation attempts to offer an insight into the Churchs efforts to re-assert itself, given free rein in a post-dictatorial world of accelerated modernization. After clarifying and surveying the Churchs claims on institutional and national identity, the book then also explores the secular ideas on the subject. The subsequent analysis treats this material as "speech acts" (statements doing, not only saying, something) which are occasionally out of sync. Against a background of secularization, the Churchs rhetoric articulates a distinct line of thought in the post-89 intellectual landscape
ISBN:3030484262
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48427-9

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