TY - GEN T1 - The struggle of Hungarian Lutherans under communism T2 - Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe. A1 - Baer, H. David (Helmut David), 1968- A2 - Terray, László G. LA - English PP - College Station PB - Texas A & M University Press YR - 2006 ED - 1st ed. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn715188751 AB - What does a religious community do when confronted by a political regime determined to eliminate religion? Under communism, Hungary's persecuted Lutheran Church tried desperately to find a strategy for survival while remaining faithful to its Christian beliefs. Appealing to the Lutheran Confessions, many argued that the church can do whatever is necessary to survive provided it does not compromise on its essential ministry, while others, appealing to the witness of the confessor Bishop Lajos Ordass, argued that the church must uncompromisingly witness to the truth even if that means ecclesiological extinction. Here, H. David Baer draws upon the disciplines of theology, history, ethics, and politics to provide a comprehensive analysis of the different strategies developed by the church to preserve its integrity. Relying on previously unnoted archival documents and other primary sources, Baer's telling of the history is also a sensitive and moving account of courage and cowardice in the face of religious persecution. This book should be of interest not only to students of religion in Eastern Europe but also to anyone concerned about the problems that arise wherever there is religious persecution. OP - 160 CN - BX8025.3 .B34 2006eb SN - 9781603445603 SN - 1603445609 SN - 9781585444809 SN - 1585444804 KW - Lutheran Church : Hungary : History : 20th century. KW - Lutherans : Hungary : History : 20th century. KW - Church and state : Hungary : History : 20th century. KW - Communism and Christianity : Hungary : History : 20th century. KW - Hungary : Church history : 20th century. KW - Église luthérienne : Hongrie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Luthériens : Hongrie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Église et État : Hongrie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Communisme et christianisme : Hongrie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Hongrie : Histoire religieuse : 20e siècle. KW - RELIGION : Christianity : Lutheran. KW - Church and state KW - Communism and Christianity KW - Lutheran Church KW - Lutherans KW - Hungary KW - 1900-1999 KW - Church history KW - History ER -