The History of Romanian Evangelicals, 1918-1989: A Bibliographical Excursus
The History of Romanian Evangelicals, 1918-1989: A Bibliographical Excursus

Summary/Abstract: The history of evangelical Christians in Romania has been a little explored area of Romanian history, though this situation has changed since 1989 as a younger generation of Romanian scholars has come unto the scene. This article provides an annotated bibliographical introduction to historical work dealing with Romanian evangelicals. It begins by reviewing work done prior to 1989. This is followed by an attempt to define what an evangelical is and who the Romanian evangelicals are, recommending that the label “Neo-Protestant” often used to describe them since 1945 be abandoned. Then their history is surveyed bibliographically in three segments: Romania between the World Wars, 1918-1938; Romania during the era of the Second World War beginning in 1938 and ending with its aftermath in 1947; and Romania during the Communist era, 1948-1989. The review will consider only published documents and scholarly works (monographs and articles), leaving memorialistic, and other works aside, as well as denominational histories as such. These materials will be discussed chronologically by publication date to show the progression of study, rather than being organized thematically.

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