The Ultranationalist Newsroom: Orthodox “Ecumenism” in the Legionary Ecclesiastical Newspapers

2018/08/01 by Ionuţ Biliuță · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics #Newspaper #Ecumenism #Religious studies #Judaism #Politics #Political science #History #Media studies #Sociology #Law #Philosophy #Archaeology

paper · pdf · doi:10.2478/ress-2018-0015

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Abstract

Abstract The present paper discusses the anti-Greek Catholic and anti-Jewish attitudes of some Orthodox clergy as reflected in the interwar legionary press. By making reference to several newspapers (Legiunea, Predania, Glasul Strămoșesc) the article sheds light on the political mobilization of the legionary Orthodox clergymen and intellectuals in support of the xenophobic agenda regarding other denominations (especially the Greek-Catholics) and religious groups (the Jews) in interwar Romania.

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