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CREDINCIOŞII BAPTIŞTI ŞI SECURITATEA ÎNTRE 1948-1989
Baptism and Securitate (1948-1989)

Author(s): Denisa Florentina Bodeanu
Subject(s): History
Published by: Argonaut
Keywords: Baptism, communism, Securitate, oppression, interview

Summary/Abstract: The affiliation of Romania to the ex-Soviet system after the Second World War has as a consequence the eradication of religious cults and demolition of churches. It is also the case of all countries under the aura of the Soviet Union. All he believers stand for an enemy for the communist regime. That is why the surveillance of the cults represented an everyday aim for Securitate. This study, based on 19 interviews to Baptist believers, analyses actions and methods used by Securitate against the Baptist community, the way in which they were received by Baptists and also the oppressions they were kept under.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: XII
  • Page Range: 124-157
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Romanian