The Illusion of European Emancipation and/or a Study on the Spiritual “Ambivalence” of the Romanian Diaspora
The Illusion of European Emancipation and/or a Study on the Spiritual “Ambivalence” of the Romanian Diaspora
Author(s): Eugen Ioan BugaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: identity; ideology; Christianism; communism; ambivalence; church; society
Summary/Abstract: One of the most significant problems faced by Romania is the alienation of its diaspora citizens from their language, faith, culture and popular traditions. In the first part of this short essay, I will discuss the servile attitude adopted by many Romanians in the West to be accepted more easily into a different society organized according to other principles, risking the loss of their identity. I will also make a few remarks about the danger of ideological imports. In the second part, I will refer to the bizarre situation in which educated young people, under the influence of progressive anti-Christian ideologies, convinced of opportunism, strangely confuse Christian principles and communist doctrine.
Journal: Roczniki Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 70/2023
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 27-42
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English