Table of Contents

Preface ix
Protestantism and Communism: Patterns of Interaction in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union / Sabrina Petra Ramet 1
Protestantism: Theology and Politics / Sape A. Zylstra 11
Protestantism in East Germany, 1949-1989: A Summing Up / Sabrina Petra Ramet 40
Protestantism in Czechoslovakia and Poland / Paul Bock 73
Protestantism in Hungary: The Communist Era / Joseph Pungar 107
Protestantism in Romania / Earl A. Pope 157
Protestantism in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia Since 1945 / Paul Mojzes and N. Gerald Shenk 209
Protestantism in the USSR / Walter Sawatsky 237
Conscientious Objectors in Eastern Europe: The Quest for Free Choice and Alternative Service / Lawrence Klippenstein 276
The new Church-State Configuration in Eastern Europe / Sabrina Petra Ramet 310
Afterword / Gerd Stricker 330
Notes 353
Index 409
Contributors 439

About the Author

Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Nihil Obstat (Duke University Press).

Reviews

"[A] comprehensive and nuanced examination of a geographically and denominationally complex situation whose complexity is intensified by Protestantism's individualist emphasis."
--Samuel J. Nesdoly, "Canadian Slavonic Papers"

"Ramet has performed a wonderful service in finding authors to represent the diverse cultural landscapes in such a comprehensive fashion. They supply a fine historical record of the workings of religion during the communist era, and they suggest the diversity in patterns of religious behavior and church-state interaction that will likely reassert themselves in the future."
--Leonard J. Biallas," Journal of Ecumenical Studies"

"The high-quality articles in the volume make an important resource for those interested in the history of the GDR and of the German diaspora in Eastern Europe."
--Serhii Plokhy," German Politics and Society"