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Between Active Opposition, Dialogue And Loyalty: Churches In The German Democratic Republic 1970-1989/90, Katharina Kunter Aug 2012

Between Active Opposition, Dialogue And Loyalty: Churches In The German Democratic Republic 1970-1989/90, Katharina Kunter

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

When we survey the situation in East Germany during the Cold War we find at the beginning of the decade of the 1980s an increasingly deteriorating economic situation. The GDR’s growing indebtedness to the West, the restriction of its imports and widely felt shortages of food and other goods made for a desolate economic situation. Demoralization and resignation dominated the emotional tone of the country, drawing a large part of the population into a sort of “collective depression.”One consequence of this was the increasing number of people who sought to leave the GDR and relocate in the Federal Republic of …


The Evangelical Churches In The Gdr And Their Participation In East-West Cooperation, Christa Grengel Aug 2012

The Evangelical Churches In The Gdr And Their Participation In East-West Cooperation, Christa Grengel

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The Evangelical Regional Churches in the GDR had to deal with the problem that they experienced directly living on the borderline between East and West which divided their own country. They understood this situation to be the result of National-Socialism and World War II, confessed to having been partly responsible for it and became convinced, therefore, that they had a unique responsibility for reconciliation and for overcoming this division on the borderline between the great power blocs. Based on the shared notion of “Christianity in Germany” all Evangelical Regional Churches remained parts of a pan-German institution, the “Evangelical Church in …


Religious Revitalization Among Bulgarians During And After The Communist Time, Dr. Velislav Altanov Aug 2012

Religious Revitalization Among Bulgarians During And After The Communist Time, Dr. Velislav Altanov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Kazakstan: Restrictions On And Punishment For Spreading Religious Literature And Faith, Mushfig Bayram May 2012

Kazakstan: Restrictions On And Punishment For Spreading Religious Literature And Faith, Mushfig Bayram

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Filo's "Christian World Community And The Cold War: International Christian Conference In Bratislava On 5-8 September 2001" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes May 2012

Filo's "Christian World Community And The Cold War: International Christian Conference In Bratislava On 5-8 September 2001" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


News From Kazakhstan - Christians In Kazakhstan Take Position On Changes To Law On Religion, The Union Of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches In Kazakhstan May 2012

News From Kazakhstan - Christians In Kazakhstan Take Position On Changes To Law On Religion, The Union Of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches In Kazakhstan

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The quarterly magazine Aquila (Oct-Dec. 2011) carried the following open letter in German translation. It is the communication arm of a relief organization, also named Aquila, begun in the 1980s, which maintains relief and missionary assistance for its partner churches in central Asia and Siberia, and also prints historical documents and reports for the Russian-Germans who emigrated from the USSR to Germany (1987-1993). The open letter, printed below, is unusual, but signals the degree to which legislation on religion in Kazakhstan that recently went into effect, also creates great concern among Evangelical Christian Baptist churches who have maintained a legal …


The Lutheran Church And Society In Slovakia During The Cold Wars, Július Filo May 2012

The Lutheran Church And Society In Slovakia During The Cold Wars, Július Filo

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This paper explores how and to what extent the Lutheran Church in Slovakia living and seeking to fulfill its mission in a socialist political context governed by the Communist party was encouraged or sustained by its involvement in the global Christian community. Our church was a founding member of the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation and the Conference of European Churches. During the years of the Cold War our church was able to maintain contact with churches and Christians on the other side of the global political divide through other Christian bodies as well, like the “Gustav …


Two Open Letters From Hungary, David Baer May 2012

Two Open Letters From Hungary, David Baer

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Mahmutæehajiæ'S "Maintaining The Sacred Center: The Bosnian City Of Stolac By Maintaining The Sacred Center", David Fideler Phd May 2012

Mahmutæehajiæ'S "Maintaining The Sacred Center: The Bosnian City Of Stolac By Maintaining The Sacred Center", David Fideler Phd

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Kazakhstan: How Many Religious Books Await Compulsory State Censorship?, Felix Corley May 2012

Kazakhstan: How Many Religious Books Await Compulsory State Censorship?, Felix Corley

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Ziegler's "Doing Theology When God Is Forgotten: The Theological Achievement Of Wolf Krötke" - Book Review, Mark Jantzen Feb 2012

Ziegler's "Doing Theology When God Is Forgotten: The Theological Achievement Of Wolf Krötke" - Book Review, Mark Jantzen

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


"Divide And Rule": Religious Policies Of The Soviet Government And Evangelical Churches In The 1920s, Andrei I. Savin Feb 2012

"Divide And Rule": Religious Policies Of The Soviet Government And Evangelical Churches In The 1920s, Andrei I. Savin

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Of Religion And The Ethnic Nationalism In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Morgan Oddie Feb 2012

The Relationship Of Religion And The Ethnic Nationalism In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Morgan Oddie

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Mojzes' "Balkan Genocides: Holocaust And Ethnic Cleansing In The Twentieth Century" - Book Review, James R. Payton Jr. Feb 2012

Mojzes' "Balkan Genocides: Holocaust And Ethnic Cleansing In The Twentieth Century" - Book Review, James R. Payton Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Raber's And Penner's "History And Mission In Europe: Continuing The Conversation" - Book Review, Richard Kyle Feb 2012

Raber's And Penner's "History And Mission In Europe: Continuing The Conversation" - Book Review, Richard Kyle

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Blagojeviæ'S Andtodoroviæ'S "Orthodoxy From An Empirical Perspective" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes Feb 2012

Blagojeviæ'S Andtodoroviæ'S "Orthodoxy From An Empirical Perspective" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Failure Of National Religious Policy In The Post-Soviety Region: The Experiences Of The Jehovah's Witnesses In Russia And Greek Catholics In Romania, Beth M. Admiraal Feb 2012

The Failure Of National Religious Policy In The Post-Soviety Region: The Experiences Of The Jehovah's Witnesses In Russia And Greek Catholics In Romania, Beth M. Admiraal

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Christianity, John C. Hawley Jan 2012

Christianity, John C. Hawley

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According to tradition and to the early church historian Eusebius, Christianity was preached in Ethiopia by the apostle Matthew before it reached Europe; Mark the evangelist is said to have established the church in Alexandria in 43 C.E. What is clear is that some of the most important early Christian theologians were from northern Africa: Augustine, from present-day Algeria, and Clement and Origen, from present-day Egypt. The monastic movement in the early church drew its inspiration from these writers. By the 4th century, Christianity was well established in what are today Ethiopia and Eritrea, and was centered in a city …


Perfect Future In Past Traditions, Evgeni Goncharenko Nov 2011

Perfect Future In Past Traditions, Evgeni Goncharenko

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

As mankind marks the beginning of the third millennium since the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is appropriate for brothers and sisters in Christ to reflect upon our important traditions of worship. Each generation is confronted with the task of continuing or changing the ways we worship. As Evangelical Christian Baptists, we cherish or change how each of us seeks a more meaningful relationship with God. Focusing upon Jesus Christ, through prayer, Bible studies, and sharing with each other, each generation of Baptists builds upon the solid traditions of our faith. This paper is concerned with the music …


Nichols' "The Development Of Russian Evangelical Spirituality: A Study Of Ivan V. Kargel (1849-1937)" - Book Review, Walter Sawatsky Nov 2011

Nichols' "The Development Of Russian Evangelical Spirituality: A Study Of Ivan V. Kargel (1849-1937)" - Book Review, Walter Sawatsky

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Problems Of Cultural Adaptation Of The Evangelicals During The Soviet Period, Gennadi Sergienko Nov 2011

The Problems Of Cultural Adaptation Of The Evangelicals During The Soviet Period, Gennadi Sergienko

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Ajzenkol's "Crkva Pred Izazovima Medija [Church Facing Challenges Of Media: Liturgy Symbolism, Performance And Media Translation Of The Roman Catholic Service]" - Book Review, Dr. Dubravka Ðjuriæ Nov 2011

Ajzenkol's "Crkva Pred Izazovima Medija [Church Facing Challenges Of Media: Liturgy Symbolism, Performance And Media Translation Of The Roman Catholic Service]" - Book Review, Dr. Dubravka Ðjuriæ

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Puzynin's "The Tradition Of The Gospel Christians. A Study Of Their Identity And Theology During The Russian, Soviet, And Post-Soviet Periods" - Book Review, Mark Mccarthy Nov 2011

Puzynin's "The Tradition Of The Gospel Christians. A Study Of Their Identity And Theology During The Russian, Soviet, And Post-Soviet Periods" - Book Review, Mark Mccarthy

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Yugoslavia's Churches Squeezed Between East And West During The Cold War, Paul Mojzes Nov 2011

Yugoslavia's Churches Squeezed Between East And West During The Cold War, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Yugoslavia’s faithful adherence to the Soviet Bloc ended in 1948 when the famous Stalin-Tito split gradually sent Yugoslavia onto its own separate socialist path and subsequently led to the policy of active non-alignment between the military blocs. This ideological policy change delineates two very distinct stages for the position of the churches. From 1945 to 1948 Yugoslavia was under strong Soviet influence and followed a Stalinist model of suppression of all religions. The Serbian Orthodox Church was able to maintain its traditional affinity to the Russian Orthodox Church but of little benefit to either Church. The Catholics and Protestants were …


Do "Iron Curtains" Happen More Than Once?, Dr. William Yoder Nov 2011

Do "Iron Curtains" Happen More Than Once?, Dr. William Yoder

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

"Two separations significant for World Christendom commemorated their 50th birthdays on 13 August: the construction of the Berlin Wall and the splitting up of the “All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists”. On 18 August, in one of two major Russian-language commentaries on the second event, Moscow’s Mikhail Cherenkov celebrated in the news service “Protestant” the maverick and courageous spirit of the underground, “Initiativniki” Baptist movement. He described them as a “mighty spiritual” and “radical reformist” movement and exclaimed: No one could have expected that an “anti-church directive” put out by the All-Union Council could “invoke such massive resistance on the local-church …


Tyndale's "Protestants In Communist East Germany. In The Storm Of The World" - Book Review, Robert F. Goeckel Aug 2011

Tyndale's "Protestants In Communist East Germany. In The Storm Of The World" - Book Review, Robert F. Goeckel

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Buchenau's "Auf Russischen Spuren: Orthodoxe Antiwestler In Serbien, 1850-1945" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes Aug 2011

Buchenau's "Auf Russischen Spuren: Orthodoxe Antiwestler In Serbien, 1850-1945" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Communism On The Work Of The Protestant Churches In Bulgaria, Margarita Todorova Aug 2011

The Effect Of Communism On The Work Of The Protestant Churches In Bulgaria, Margarita Todorova

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Christian Mission As A Relevant Applied Hermeneutic In The Post-Soviet Russian Context, Joseph A. Loya O.S.A. Aug 2011

Christian Mission As A Relevant Applied Hermeneutic In The Post-Soviet Russian Context, Joseph A. Loya O.S.A.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Western Perspectives On Church-State Relations In Soviet Era, Walter Sawatsky Aug 2011

Western Perspectives On Church-State Relations In Soviet Era, Walter Sawatsky

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.