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The Role of Knowledge in the Evolution of the Religious Phenomenon

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  • Lucian Ionel Mercea

    (PhD candidate at the West University of Timisoara)

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In the development of the religious phenomenon, knowledge bears an essential role. The present study analyses the factors that have contributed to the emergence and the spreading of NeoProtestant denominations (Baptist, Adventists, Brethren and Pentecostals) within the borders of Romania in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Four different perspectives are presented: the orthodox, communist, neo Protestant and sociological points of view. With this paper we will observe the way knowledge played an important role in the appearance and development of neo–Protestant confessions in Romania. That mainstream churches in Romanian (Orthodox, Catholic), preoccupied more with the ritualistic aspects of their liturgical services, did not fulfill the needs of believers in search for a deeper spiritual experience. For this to occur, believers belonging to these ecclesiastical traditions have turned towards what has been labeled neo Protestantism in Romania.

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  • Lucian Ionel Mercea, 2016. "The Role of Knowledge in the Evolution of the Religious Phenomenon," Proceedings of Harvard Square Symposium, The Future of Knowledge, April 29-30, 2016 108, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:smo:gpaper:108
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    knowledge; neoProtestant; Baptist; Adventists; Brethren; Pentecostals; orthodox;
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