Human Values and Religious Freedom - Determining Factor for the Survival of neo-Protestant Denominations in the Communist Regime Cover Image

VALORILE UMANE ȘI LIBERTATEA RELIGIOASĂ – FACTOR DETERMINANT PENTRU SUPRAVIEȚUIREA CONFESIUNILOR NEOPROTESTANTE ÎN REGIMUL COMUNIST
Human Values and Religious Freedom - Determining Factor for the Survival of neo-Protestant Denominations in the Communist Regime

Author(s): Lucian Ionel Mercea
Subject(s): History, Constitutional Law, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Eastern Orthodoxy, History of Religion
Published by: Editions IARSIC
Keywords: seventh-day Adventist; freedom, law; orthodox; conscience; neo-protestant; state; religion; law;

Summary/Abstract: The neo-Protestant believers were convinced of the divine origin of man‘s human nature and saw it as a foundation for human rights in the religious domain. This belief motivated the struggle of these believers to preserve religious freedom and to regain it when it was violated. The fighting methods were among the most diverse. In their attempt to make room for their faith to penetrate the local population, they clashed with communist-atheist ideology that conflicted with their religious beliefs and practices. As a result, the communist period led to a war of attrition between the State and neo-Protestant cults with brief periods of cohabitation.

  • Issue Year: 10/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 476-491
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian